Authors: Takafumi Kato Ana M Velly Takashi Nakane Yuji Masuda Shigeru Maki
Publish Date: 2011/12/07
Volume: 16, Issue: 4, Pages: 1159-1165
Abstract
The prevalence of selfreported SB was 8 n = 152 It was higher in the groups ranging from 30 to 39 and 40 to 49 years of age in comparison to the groups composed of individuals older than 60 years of age In the crude analyses the prevalence of selfreported SB was associated with tooth loss male smoking snoring sleep talking and a history of childhood teeth grinding A multiple logistic regression confirmed a significant relationship between selfreported SB and the groups of 30–39 years of age OR 278 P = 0003 and 40–49 years of age OR 231 P = 0005 Snoring OR 258 P = 0001 and known OR 809 P 0001 or unknown OR 303 P 0001 childhood teeth grinding also showed to be related to selfreported SBThe authors would like to thank Dr Hiromichi Fujishima and Mrs Tomiko Tanaka at the Ina Health Promotion Center and the Kamiina Dental Association for their generous supports to this research project This study was supported by the Matsumoto Dental University intramural research funding and the GrantinAid for Scientific Research C of the Japan Society for the promotion of Science No 19592418 The authors have no conflict of interest
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