Metabolic syndrome and masticatory hypofunction : a cross-sectional study

• Published in: Odontology Vol. 109; no. 3; pp. 574 - 584
• Main Authors: Mario Perez-Sayans, Jose R. Gonzalez-Juanatey, Alejandro I. Lorenzo-Pouso, Cintia M. Chamorro-Petronacci, Andres Blanco-Carrion, Xabier Marichalar-Mendia, Jose M. Somoza-Martin, Juan A. Suarez-Quintanilla
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore The Society of the Nippon Dental University 01.07.2021; Springer Singapore; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Cross-sectional studies; Dentistry; Mastication; Medicine; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; Original Article; Metabolic syndrome (MetS); Waist-to-height ratio (WHtR); Abdominal obesity (AO); Masticatory capacity (MC); Total functional tooth units (t-FTU)

[Abstract] The objective of this paper is to clarify the rate of abdominal obesity (AO), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), metabolic syndrome (MetS) and determine the relationship with the masticatory capacity (MC) in terms of total functional tooth units (t-FTU) in a representative sample of older Span...