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Epidemic trend of periodontal disease in elderly Chinese population, 1987-2015: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Association of vitamin D in individuals with periodontitis: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC oral health · 2023Pooled it
- Prevalence of malocclusion in primary dentition in mainland China, 1988-2017: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2018Pooled it
- Uncovering non-linear dietary predictors of cardiovascular disease risk in older adults with periodontitis: a cross-sectional analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Association between attachment loss and root caries in middle-aged and elderly people in Guizhou Province, China.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Heavy metals in drinking water and periodontitis: evidence from the national oral health survey from China.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Rural-urban disparities in the incidence and treatment intensity of periodontal disease among patients with diabetes.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Metagenomic Analysis Reveals a Mitigating Role forNutrients · 2022Article
- Current Trends in Research on Bone Regeneration: A Bibliometric Analysis.BioMed research international · 2020Article
- Global Prevalence of Periodontal Disease and Lack of Its Surveillance.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2020Article
- Downregulation of angiopoietin-like protein 2 inhibits cementoblast differentiation partially by activating the ERK1/2 signaling pathway.American journal of translational research · 2019Article
- Association of tooth loss with liver cancer incidence and chronic liver disease mortality in a rural Chinese population.PloS one · 2018Article
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Abstract
Periodontal disease is a common oral health problem in the elderly population. The prevalence varied substantially due to absence of a universal diagnostic criteria. We conducted a systematic review to identify the epidemiological characteristics of periodontal diseases among Chinese elderly people. A total of 19 articles were included. The pooled detection rates for three indicators, including bleeding on probing (BOP), pocket depth (PD) and clinical attachment loss (CAL), were 53.9% (95% CI: 43.8-63.9%), 57.0% (50.8-63.2%), and 70.1% (65.4-74.8%), respectively. No significant differences in these indicators between urban and rural population. When stratified by gender, BOP (+) detection rates did not show any differences, but the detection rates of PD ≥ 4 mm and CAL ≥ 4 mm were significantly higher in males than in females (59.3% [53.4-65.2%] versus 50.8% [43.5-58.0%], RR
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