Prevalence of oral mucosal diseases and related risk factors in the middle aged and elderly people of Hui and Han population in Zhongwei City, Ningxia Province
ZHANG Jing
LI Dan
LI Meng-yuan
SHA Jing-jing
JIANG Xian-jiao
Abstract：AIM:To investigate the prevalence of oral mucosal diseases and related risk factors in the mid-dle aged and elderly people of Hui and Han population in Zhongwei City, Ningxia Province, China. METHODS:Multi stage, stratified, spatial sampling method was used to select 3,756 urban and rural Hui and Han people (1878 aged 35-44 years and 1878 aged 65 -74 years) with or without oral mucous diseases. A questionnaire survey was conducted on all subjects. RESULTS:The overall prevalence of oral mucosal diseases in all the subjects was 6. 7%;in the middle aged and elderly people was 6. 2% and 7. 2% (P>0. 05), in the male and female 2. 5% and 4. 2%(P>0. 05), in Hui and Han people 1. 4% and 5. 4% (P<0. 05), respectively. A total of 8 oral mucosal diseases were detected in the subjects. Oral mucous ulcer showed the highest prevalence rate (3. 5%), followed by oral lichen planus (1. 4%), and atrophy glossitis (0. 7%). Eating spicy and hot food, systemic diseases and stress were risk fac-tors of oral mucosal diseases in the subjects, while education and eating vegetables and fruits were protective factors. CONCLUSION:The prevalence of oral mucous diseases in the middle-aged and elderly people in Zhongwei City is high. Eating habits, systematic disease, stress and educational level were related factors of oral mucous diseases.
Keywords：middle aged and elderly peopleoral mucosal diseaseepidemiological investigationrish factors
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Pages：5( 736-740 )