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Vol. 9, No. 4, April 2013: 188-196

Status kesehatan mulut dan asupan makan sebagai faktor risiko
underweight pada lansia
Oral health status and dietary intake as risk factors for underweight in elderly
Dian Isti Angraini1, Al Supartinah2, Deddy Nur Wachid3

ABSTRACT
Background: Oral health status and dietary intake contribute to nutritional status in elderly. Missing teeth cause chewing disorder
that reduces quality and quantity of food intake, which finally makes the elderly have underweight nutritional status.
Objective: To determine the risk factors for underweight in the elderly at Yogyakarta Municipality.
Method: The study was observational with case control design on elderly at Yogyakarta Municipality. Subjects consisted of
210 elderly matched in age and gender. Sampling was done by multistage random sampling. Oral health status was assessed
through dental health status (index of missing teeth) and periodontal status (gingival index, periodontal index and oral hygiene

index), dietary intake was collected by using semi quantitative food frequency questionnaire (SQ-FFQ) and underweight
nutritional status was based on body mass armspan (BMA). Data were analyzed by using tests of X2 Mc.Nemar, X2 Stuart
Maxwell, and conditional logistic regression.
Results: Bivariate analysis showed the number of missing teeth ≥ 21 (OR=3.67, p