Meta-analysis of factors influencing periodontitis in the elderly population
WU Xuan-yi
DONG Zheng-hui
QI Jin-fang
WANG Zhi-wei
ZHANG Ya-Tian
LI Zhen-gang
Abstract：Objective To systematically evaluate the influencing factors of chronic periodontitis in the elderly,and to provide a scientific basis for preventing and reducing the occurrence of chronic periodontitis in the elderly.Methods Searches were conducted on CNKI,CBM,VIP,and Wanfang,PubMed,CINAHL,Web of Science,Embase,and The Cochrane Library,supplemented by manual searches,and the timeframe for the searches was from the establishment of the library to December 2023 in all cases.Literature was independently screened,extracted and quality assessed by 2 evaluators,and Meta-analysis was performed using Review Manager 5.3 and Stata 17.0 on literature that met the inclusion criteria.Results A total of 12 papers were included,with a total sample size of 6611 cases,and a total of 22 risk factors were studied.Meta-analysis showed that female,junior high school education and above,and healthcare-seeking behaviors were the protective factors for chronic periodontitis in the elderly population(OR＜1.0,P＜0.05);smoking,smoking cessation,diabetes mellitus,co-morbid systemic diseases,the presence of defective restorations,co-morbid root-fracture pathology,and a poor oral health awareness were the risk factors for chronic periodontitis in the elderly population(OR＞1.0,P＜0.05).Conclusion There are many factors affecting chronic periodontitis in the elderly population,and medical personnel can choose the controllable factors combined with the clinic for early intervention to reduce the risk of chronic periodontitis and improve the quality of life in the elderly population.
Keywords：agedchronic periodontitisrisk factorMeta-analysis
Publication Date：2025-01-20
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：7( 16-22 )