A Survey on Remaining Teeth and Life-style for prevention of Osteoporosis

本研究的目的是通过对460名当地居民的大规模筛查，验证牙齿缺失状况是发现骨质疏松患者的一个简单指标的假设，并对当地居民的剩余牙齿和相关生活方式进行调查。调查对象多为农民。对吸烟或饮酒习惯、饮食、锻炼、刷牙、便秘等20项生活方式进行调查，并用DEXA法对83例来鸟取大学医院就诊的女性骨质疏松症患者进行骨密度测定，用数据处理中心的统计程序包SAS进行数量化理论I类方法的分析。结果如下：1.对她们的生活方式进行调查，从问卷中揭示健康习惯的趋势。生活方式与打捞次数的关系在年龄上最为显著。对女性骨质疏松症患者的生活方式与骨密度的关系进行了界定，认为骨密度与剩余牙齿数之间的关系不能作为从大量当地居民中筛选骨质疏松症患者的简单指标。

The urpose of this study is to demonstrate the hypothesis that the condition of teeth loss is a simple indicatior finding osteoporosis patients from mass screening of a numberof local residents.The search for ni, ber f remaining teeth and related life-style of local residents(n=460) was conducted. Most of subjects were farmer. The survey on life-style was 20 items, e.g., smoking or drinking habits, diet, exerise, teeth-brushing, anamnase and so on.While the determination of bone mineral density of 83 female subjects who ere all of outpatients suffering osteoporosis coming to Tottori University Hospital were performed by DEXA method.Analysis was carried out by the method of quantification theory type I using statistical program package, SAS, at Data Processing Center.The results are ;1. On their life-style it reveals the tendencies of healthy habits from the questionaire.2. The relation beween life-style and numbers of reaining teethis the most siquificant on age.3. The relation between life-style and bone mineral density is defined on female osteoporosis patients.It is cncluded that the relation between bone mineral density and number of remaining teeth has less evident to be a brief indicator for screening osteoporosis patients froma large number of local residents.