OBJECTIVE: To determine the impact of @entity558 on food consumption, risk of @entity3147 and follow-up 4-year mortality risk in elderly Taiwanese. DESIGN AND SETTING: Analyzing the data sets of the 1999 and 2003 "Survey of Health and Living Status of the Elderly in Taiwan", a longitudinal cohort study. @entity1 : A national probability sample of 2766 @entity1 and @entity1 65 years of age or older. MEASUREMENTS: Self-reported intake frequencies of major food categories, masticatory ability, food consumption, and the risk of @entity3147 assessed with the Mini Nutritional Assessment (short-form) stratified by @entity558 . Cox regression was used to compare follow-up mortality risk. RESULTS: Non-denture wearers and removable-denture wearers had poorer masticatory ability and greater nutritional risk and consumed fruits and vegetable less often compared to fixed-denture wearers. Removable-denture wearers also had lower self-perceived nutritional status and BMI compared to fixed-denture wearers. Survival analysis showed that non-denture wearers and removable-denture wearers had lower follow-up 4-year survival. Cox regression analysis showed that removable-denture wearers had increased follow-up 4-year mortality risk compared to fixed-denture wearers adjusted for sociodemographic, lifestyle and health-related factors. CONCLUSIONS: Based on data of a national sample of a longitudinal cohort study, @entity558 is a significant factor of nutritional health in the elderly. It can affect food pattern and the risk of @entity3147 and mortality of elderly @entity1 . Dental care should be an important part of geriatric health promotion program and fixed-denture is a preferred choice over removable-denture.

Association of @entity558 with food consumption and the risk of XXXX and follow-up 4-year mortality risk in elderly Taiwanese.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'PARTICIPANTS', 'persons', 'men'] @entity558 :: ('MESH:C536528', 'Disease') :: ['dental prosthetic condition'] @entity3147 :: ('MESH:D044342', 'Disease') :: ['malnutrition']
@entity3147 :: (MESH:D044342,Disease) :: ['malnutrition']
