地域在住中高年者において舌圧は年齢、性、握力、除脂肪体重に関連している ; Tongue pressure is associated with aging, sex, handgrip strength, and lean body mass in community-dwelling middle- and old-aged people : a cross sectional study

Nagasaki University (長崎大学) ; 博士(医学) ; The relationship between tongue pressure and relevant factors including cardiovascular disease (CVD)-related factors in community-dwelling middle- and old-aged people is still controversial. To clarify the relationship between tongue pressure and relevant factors including CVD-related factors in community-dwelling middle- and old-aged people. We included 638 Japanese community-dwelling adults (241 men and 397 women) who participated in the screening program and agreed to participate in this study. We measured the tongue pressure using a JMS tongue pressure measuring instrumentR with a disposal oral balloon probe, and we conducted multivariate linear regression analysis to evaluate the relationship between tongue pressure and other existing parameters adjusted for CVD-related confounding factors. We showed that tongue pressure was significantly correlated with age (β = ?0.114), sex (β = 6.374, Men=2, Women=1), lean body mass (β = 0.278), and log grip strength (β = 22.438). Our study showed that these parameters were all independent explanatory valuables for tongue pressure in community-dwelling middle- and old-aged people. Age, sex, grip strength, and lean body mass were all independent explanatory valuables for tongue pressure in community-dwelling middle- and old-aged people. ; 長崎大学学位論文 学位記番号:博(医歯薬)甲第1103号 学位授与年月日:平成30年9月30日 ; Author: Miho Higashi, Masahiro Tsuneoka, Makiko Orita, Naomi Hayashida, Takashi Kudo, Shimpei Sato, Koichiro Kadota, Hirotomo Yamanashi, Zenya Koyama, Masayasu Kitamura, Hideki Fukuda, Toshiyuki Saito, Takahiro Maeda and Noboru Takamura ; Citation: Acta medica Nagasakiensia, 61(4), pp.145-149; 2018 ; Nagasaki University (長崎大学), 博士(医学) (2018-09-30) ; doctoral thesis