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A case‐control study of the association between sialolithiasis and osteoporosis
- Source :
- Clinical Otolaryngology. 44:343-348
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2019.
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Abstract
- Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between osteoporosis and salivary gland stone using a population-based claims database. Design A case-control design. Setting Taiwan. Participants We retrieved the sample for this case-control study from the Taiwan "Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2005." All 557 patients aged 40 years or older with a diagnosis of sialolithiasis were cases, and 1671 matched controls (without sialolithiasis) were selected. Subjects and methods We used the chi-square test to explore differences between cases and controls on socio-demographic characteristics. Furthermore, conditional logistic regressions were used to examine the association of sialolithiasis with previously diagnosed osteoporosis. Results Of 2228 sampled patients, 171 (7.68%) had ever been previously diagnosed with osteoporosis; 58 (10.41%) among cases and 113 (6.76%) among controls (P = 0.005). Conditional logistic regression analysis found that the odds ratio (OR) of prior osteoporosis for cases was 1.79 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.24-2.59, P = 0.002) relative to controls after adjusting for urbanisation and the selected medical co-morbidities. Furthermore, we found that among patients aged ≥65 years, the adjusted OR of prior osteoporosis for cases was 1.89 (95% CI = 1.02-3.51). No significant relationship was observed among patients aged Conclusion This study demonstrates an association between sialolithiasis and osteoporosis. Although the finding warrants further investigation, the results call for more awareness of the possible concurrence of osteoporosis among physicians and patients with salivary gland stones.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Osteoporosis
Population
Taiwan
Logistic regression
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Risk Factors
Internal medicine
Epidemiology
Humans
Medicine
030223 otorhinolaryngology
education
Association (psychology)
Aged
Salivary Gland Calculi
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business.industry
Incidence
Case-control study
Odds ratio
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Confidence interval
Otorhinolaryngology
Case-Control Studies
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Female
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17494486 and 17494478
- Volume :
- 44
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Clinical Otolaryngology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....293852967fd8beff30ead4bfd6369913