Department of Preventive Medicine, Chosun University Medical School, Gwangju 61452, Republic of Korea.
Department of Dental Hygiene, Songwon University, Gwangju 61756, Republic of Korea.
Medicina (Kaunas). 2023 Jul 27;59(8):1373. doi: 10.3390/medicina59081373.
: Grip strength is a measure of general health and is associated with oral health. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the number of teeth and grip strength in Korean adults. : We recruited adult participants who underwent oral examinations in the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) between 2016-2018. When performing the KNHANES oral examination, an experienced dentist performed it according to the oral examination guidelines and recorded the results. A total of 24,269 participants from the 2016-2018 KNHANES were included in this study. Of these, only 16,489 participants underwent oral screening. A total of 3209 were non-adult children and adolescents, and 1781 did not respond to the grip strength test; those who did not respond to the main independent confounder were excluded. The relationships between grip strength, general characteristics, general health, oral health, and the number of remaining teeth were analyzed. There were 11,499 subjects in total in this study, with 4839 males and 6660 females. The age groups were 19-65 years of age, with 8387 subjects, and 65 years and older, with 3112 subjects, and the number of remaining teeth was 0-9 for 936 subjects, 10-19 for 1015 subjects, and 20-28 for 9548 subjects. : The probability that the higher the grip strength, the higher the residual number of gingiva was estimated by multinomial logistic regression analysis using complex sampling. The higher the grip strength, the higher the probability of having 20-28 teeth remaining (adjusted odds ratio, 1.59; 95% confidence interval, 1.19-2.13). : Maintaining general health is related to maintaining teeth; the higher the grip strength, the higher the number of remaining teeth.
握力是衡量整体健康状况的指标，与口腔健康有关。本研究旨在探讨韩国成年人牙齿数量与握力之间的关系。
我们招募了 2016-2018 年期间参加韩国国家健康与营养调查（KNHANES）口腔检查的成年参与者。在进行 KNHANES 口腔检查时，由经验丰富的牙医根据口腔检查指南进行检查并记录结果。共有 24269 名 2016-2018 年 KNHANES 参与者纳入本研究。其中，只有 16489 名参与者接受了口腔筛查。共有 3209 名非成年儿童和青少年，1781 名未接受握力测试；那些未对主要独立混杂因素做出回应的人被排除在外。分析了握力、一般特征、一般健康状况、口腔健康状况以及剩余牙齿数量之间的关系。本研究共有 11499 名受试者，其中 4839 名男性和 6660 名女性。年龄组为 19-65 岁，有 8387 名受试者，65 岁及以上，有 3112 名受试者，剩余牙齿数量为 0-9 颗的有 936 名受试者，10-19 颗的有 1015 名受试者，20-28 颗的有 9548 名受试者。
使用复杂抽样的多分类逻辑回归分析估计了握力越高，剩余牙龈数量越高的概率。握力越高，剩余 20-28 颗牙齿的可能性越大（调整优势比，1.59；95%置信区间，1.19-2.13）。
保持整体健康与保持牙齿有关；握力越高，剩余牙齿数量越多。
