重庆市农村留守老人自评健康状况及影响因素分析

目的 探索重庆市农村留守老人的自评健康状况及影响因素,为有关部门制定留守老人健康保障政策提供实证参考。方法 采用多阶段随机抽样法对重庆市600名农村留守老人进行问卷调查,描述其自评健康状况,并采用有序logistic回归分析其自评健康状况的影响因素。结果 自评健康为差、一般、好的农村留守老人分别占44%、40.67%、15.33%。高家庭人均年收入（OR = 0.396,95%CI:- 1.349～- 0.505）、未购买商业健康保险（OR = 0.424,95%CI:- 1.344～- 0.370）、两周内未出现不适（OR = 0.601,95%CI:- 0.884～- 0.135）、一年内未住院（OR = 0.448,95%CI:- 1.197～- 0.406）、高BMI指数（OR = 0.406,95%CI:- 1.530～0.301）的农村留守老人自评健康更倾向于积极（OR＜1）,医疗费用负担重（OR = 2.433,95%CI:0.313～1.464）、所患慢性病数多（OR = 5.877,95%CI:1.223～2.319）和不饮酒（OR = 2.948,95%CI:0.637～1.524）的老人自评健康更倾向于消极（OR＞1）。结论 加强农村留守老人医疗卫生服务体系建设,健全农村留守老人的家庭支持和社会支持体系,积极开展农村留守老人专项健康教育行动,降低疾病风险。     

潍坊市成人居民主要慢性病患病现状及其影响因素分析

目的 了解潍坊市成人居民慢性病患病现状及其影响因素,为慢性病预防与控制提供理论依据。方法 采用分层随机抽样方法在潍坊市抽取5 156名≥18岁成人居民进行问卷调查,利用logistic回归分析主要慢性病患病影响因素。结果 潍坊市成人居民高血压、血脂异常及糖尿病患病率分别为35.16%、34.60%、9.39%;对其影响因素进行logistic回归分析,多因素结果显示男性（OR = 1.391,95%CI:1.164～1.661）、年龄大（OR = 13.568,95%CI:8.215～22.408）、饮酒（OR = 1.270,95%CI:1.060～1.520）、肥胖（OR = 9.644,95%CI:5.203～17.878）、高盐（OR = 1.020,95%CI:1.000～1.041）、自评健康状况差（OR = 3.006,95%CI:1.694～5.335）、锻炼（OR = 0.834,95%CI: 0.725～0.959）是高血压的影响因素;男性（OR = 1.268,95%CI:1.032～1.558）、年龄大（OR = 6.049,95%CI:2.420～15.117）、肥胖（OR = 18.227,95%CI:2.471～134.480）、自评健康状况差（OR = 3.664,95%CI:1.093～12.277）、锻炼（OR = 0.719,95%CI:0.587～0.880）是糖尿病的影响因素;年龄大（OR = 2.209,95%CI:1.522～3.206）、自评健康状况好（OR = 0.859,95%CI:0.743～0.993）、已婚（OR = 0.599,95%CI:0.402～0.893）、肥胖（OR = 6.239,95%CI:3.868～10.062）、吸烟（OR = 1.281,95%CI:1.076～1.526）、高盐（OR = 1.024,95%CI:1.006～1.043）、高油（OR = 1.208,95%CI:1.007～1.014）是血脂异常的影响因素。结论 高血压、血脂异常和糖尿病是潍坊市成人居民的主要健康问题,其患病率随年龄呈上升趋势,应加强对老年人、超重和肥胖居民的健康管理,同时大力倡导低盐饮食,戒烟限酒,适度锻炼,提高居民生存质量。     

Bonding versus bridging social capital and their associations with self rated health: a multilevel analysis of 40 US communities

STUDY OBJECTIVE: Few studies have distinguished between the effects of different forms of social capital on health. This study distinguished between the health effects of summary measures tapping into the constructs of community bonding and community bridging social capital. DESIGN: A multilevel logistic regression analysis of community bonding and community bridging social capital in relation to individual self rated fair/poor health. SETTING: 40 US communities. PARTICIPANTS: Within community samples of adults (n = 24 835), surveyed by telephone in 2000-2001. MAIN RESULTS: Adjusting for community sociodemographic and socioeconomic composition and community level income and age, the odds ratio of reporting fair or poor health was lower for each 1-standard deviation (SD) higher community bonding social capital (OR = 0.86; 95% = 0.80 to 0.92) and each 1-SD higher community bridging social capital (OR = 0.95; 95% CI = 0.88 to 1.02). The addition of indicators for individual level bonding and bridging social capital and social trust slightly attenuated the associations for community bonding social capital (OR = 0.90, 95% CI = 0.84 to 0.97) and community bridging social capital (OR = 0.96, 95% CI = 0.89 to 1.03). Individual level high formal bonding social capital, trust in members of one's race/ethnicity, and generalised social trust were each significantly and inversely related to fair/poor health. Furthermore, significant cross level interactions of community social capital with individual race/ethnicity were seen, including weaker inverse associations between community bonding social capital and fair/poor health among black persons compared with white persons. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest modest protective effects of community bonding and community bridging social capital on health. Interventions and policies that leverage community bonding and bridging social capital might serve as means of population health improvement.     

不同类型城市社区的特征及其社会资本对居民自评健康的影响探讨

目的 在“健康中国”背景下,面向城市居民,分析不同类型城市社区的特征及其社会资本对居民自评健康的影响,为促进社区居民健康提供参考。方法 运用分层随机抽样方法于2018年10—11月,在成都市选取农转非集中安置小区(807份)、单位宿舍(393份)、商住楼盘小区(426份)的居民进行问卷调查。运用单因素分析和多因素logistic回归分析方法探究居民自评健康的影响因素。结果 农转非社区、单位社区和商住楼盘社区的居民在性别(χ²=16.305)、年龄(χ²=33.386)、婚姻状况(χ²=22.344)、教育程度(χ²=193.373)、社保情况(χ²=14.428)、商业保险购买情况(χ²=6.234)、到医疗点的最快用时(χ²=41.344)、自评健康方面(χ²=10.439)均存在统计学差异(P<0.05);三类社区在个体(F=3.875)、家庭(F=11.329)、社区(F=21.209)、工作单位(F...     

The association between state income inequality and worse health is not confounded by race

BACKGROUND: The relationship between income inequality and health across US states has been challenged recently on grounds that this relationship may be confounded by the effect of racial composition, measured as the proportion of the state's population who are black. METHODS: Using multilevel statistical models, we examined the association between state income inequality and poor self-rated health. The analysis was based on the pooled 1995 and 1997 Current Population Surveys, comprising 201 221 adults nested within 50 US states. RESULTS: Controlling for the individual effects of age, sex, race, marital status, education, income, health insurance coverage, and employment status, we found a significant effect of state income inequality on poor self-rated health. For every 0.05-increase in the Gini coefficient, the odds ratio (OR) of reporting poor health increased by 1.39 (95% CI: 1.26, 1.51). Additionally controlling for the proportion of the state population who are black did not explain away the effect of income inequality (OR = 1.30; 95% CI: 1.15, 1.45). While being black at the individual level was associated with poorer self-rated health, no significant relationship was found between poor self-rated health and the proportion of black residents in a state. CONCLUSION: Our finding demonstrates that neither race, at the individual level, nor racial composition, as measured at the state level, explain away the previously reported association between income inequality and poorer health status in the US.     

湖南省成年居民睡眠状况及其影响因素分析

目的 了解湖南省成年居民的睡眠状况及其影响因素,为相关部门对睡眠质量调适提供依据。方法 采用多阶段系统抽样的方法,选取湖南省30个县区9 469名成年居民进行问卷调查,采用χ2检验以及多因素logistic回归分析睡眠质量的影响因素。结果 湖南省成年居民失眠检出率为12.5%。女性（OR = 1.525,95%CI:1.285～1.810）、年龄增大（OR = 2.270,95%CI:1.952～2.638）、患有慢性疾病（OR = 2.926,95%CI:2.642～3.240）、焦虑（OR = 6.851,95%CI:4.424～10.608）、抑郁（OR = 3.493,95%CI:2.125～5.740）、健康状况自我评价差（OR = 1.786,95%CI:1.637～1.949）、上床睡觉时间晚（OR = 1.193,95%CI:1.103～1.290）是失眠症状发生的影响因素。结论 湖南省成年居民失眠检出率较高,家庭、社会应密切关注重点人群身心健康,采取积极的干预措施,提高其睡眠质量。     

Metropolitan area income inequality and self-rated health--a multi-level study

We examined the association of income inequality measured at the metropolitan area (MA) and county levels with individual self-rated health. Individual-level data were drawn from 259,762 respondents to the March Current Population Survey in 1996 and 1998. Income inequality and average income were calculated from 1990 census data, the former using Gini coefficients. Multi-level logistic regression models were used. Controlling for sex, age, race, and individual-level household income, respondents living in high, medium-high, and medium-low income inequality MAs had odds ratios of fair/poor self-rated health of 1.20 (95% confidence interval 1.04-1.38), 1.07 (0.95-1.21), and 1.02 (0.91-1.15), respectively, compared to people living in the MAs with the lowest income inequality. However, we found only a small association of MA-level income inequality with fair/poor health when controlling further for average MA household income: odds ratios were 1.10 (0.95-1.28), 1.01 (0.89-1.14), and 1.00 (0.89-1.12), respectively. Likewise, we found only a small association of county-level income inequality with self-rated health although only 40.7% of the sample had an identified county on CPS data. Regarding the association of state-level income inequality with fair/poor health, we found the association to be considerably stronger among non-metropolitan (i.e. rural) compared to metropolitan residents.     

Socioeconomic inequality in voting participation and self-rated health

OBJECTIVES: This study tested the hypothesis that disparities in political participation across socioeconomic status affect health. Specifically, the association of voting inequality at the state level with individual self-rated health was examined. METHODS: A multilevel study of 279,066 respondents to the Current Population Survey (CPS) was conducted. State-level inequality in voting turnout by socioeconomic status (family income and educational attainment) was derived from November CPS data for 1990, 1992, 1994, and 1996. RESULTS: Individuals living in the states with the highest voting inequality had an odds ratio of fair/poor self-rated health of 1.43 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.22, 1.68) compared with individuals living in the states with the lowest voting inequality. This odds ratio decreased to 1.34 (95% CI = 1.14, 1.56) when state income inequality was added and to 1.27 (95% CI = 1.10, 1.45) when state median income was included. The deleterious effect of low individual household income on self-rated health was most pronounced among states with the greatest voting and income inequality. CONCLUSIONS: Socioeconomic inequality in political participation (as measured by voter turnout) is associated with poor self-rated health, independently of both income inequality and state median household income.     

Self-Rated Health and Race Among Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Adults

Objective To investigate the association between race and self-rated health among Hispanics and non-Hispanics using data from the National Health Interview Survey 2000–2003. Methods This analysis was limited to Hispanic and non-Hispanic whites and blacks ≥18 years of age. The outcome was self-rated health. The main independent variable was race/ethnicity, and potential confounders included sociodemographic characteristics, access to care, health behaviors, and comorbidities. Results Non-Hispanic blacks exhibited the highest prevalence of fair/poor self-rated health compared to their white counterparts. In the adjusted analyses, compared to non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic blacks (OR: 1.21; 95% CI: 1.16–1.43), Hispanic whites (OR: 1.32; 95% CI: 1.14–1.52) and blacks (OR: 2.19; 95% CI: 1.07–4.49) were more likely to rate their health as fair/poor. There was no difference in self-rated health between Hispanic and non-Hispanic blacks. Discussion This study underscores the importance of accounting for the racial heterogeneity among Hispanics when presenting health data. Ignoring race could mask health variations among Hispanics.     

以照顾家人为目的城乡来源流动老年人健康及锻炼行为比较分析

目的 分析比较以照顾家人为目的城乡来源的流动老年人的健康及锻炼行为。 方法 在“2015年全国流动人口卫生计生动态监测调查数据”中获取研究对象3 175名。采用logistic回归分析城乡老年人自评健康及锻炼行为的影响因素。 结果 以照顾家人为目的的流动老年人自评健康和锻炼时长普遍较高,但城乡来源老年人存在差异。二项logistic回归发现,未患高血压/糖尿病、共同居住、本地朋友数量多是城乡老年人自评健康状况好的共性因素,而城市老年人中个人经济独立（OR=1.62, 95%CI: 1.08~2.44）、农村老年人中家庭人均收入更高（OR=1.74, 95%CI : 1.38~2.18）与自评健康状况好相关。有序logistic回归表明,朋友数量多是城乡老年人锻炼时间长的共性因素,而城市老年人经济独立（OR=1.63, 95%CI : 1.08~2.45）和独立居住（OR=1.56, 95%CI : 1.08~2.22）、农村老年人患高血压/糖尿病（OR=1.35, 95%CI : 1.10~1.65）和健康自评好（OR=1.32, 95%CI : 1.11~1.56）与锻炼时间长相关。结论 城乡来源的流动老年人自评健康和锻炼行为及影响因素既有共性也存在差异,需要关注流动老年人群的异质性,同时需要加强社会支持和家庭支持以促进流动老年人健康。     

Living Environment Matters: Relationships Between Neighborhood Characteristics and Health of the Residents in a Dutch Municipality

Characteristics of an individual alone cannot exhaustively explain all the causes of poor health, and neighborhood of residence have been suggested to be one of the factors that contribute to health. However, knowledge about aspects of the neighborhood that are most important to health is limited. The main objective of this study was to explore associations between certain features of neighborhood environment and self-rated health and depressive symptoms in Maastricht (The Netherlands). A large amount of routinely collected neighborhood data were aggregated by means of factor analysis to 18 characteristics of neighborhood social and physical environment. Associations between these characteristics and self-rated health and presence of depressive symptoms were further explored in multilevel logistic regression models adjusted for individual demographic and socio-economic factors. The study sample consisted of 9,879 residents (mean age 55 years, 48 % male). Residents of unsafe communities were less likely to report good health (OR 0.88 95 % CI 0.80–0.97) and depressive symptoms (OR 0.81 95 % CI 0.69–0.97), and less cohesive environment was related to worse self-rated health (OR 0.81 95 % CI 0.72–0.92). Residents of neighborhoods with more car traffic nuisance and more disturbance from railway noise reported worse mental health (OR 0.79 95 % CI 0.68–0.92 and 0.85 95 % CI 0.73–0.99, respectively). We did not observe any association between health and quality of parking and shopping facilities, facilities for public or private transport, neighborhood aesthetics, green space, industrial nuisance, sewerage, neighbor nuisance or satisfaction with police performance. Our findings can be used to support development of integrated health policies targeting broader determinants of health. Improving safety, social cohesion and decreasing traffic nuisance in disadvantaged neighborhoods might be a promising way to improve the health of residents and reduce health inequalities.     

Cardiovascular risk factor burden has a stronger association with self-rated poor health in adults in the US than in Sweden, especially for the lower educated

BACKGROUND: There is an ongoing debate about the importance of biomedical and sociodemographic risk factors in the prediction of self-rated health. OBJECTIVES: To compare the association of sociodemographic and cardiovascular risk factors and self-rated health in Sweden and the US. DESIGN: Data from two population-based cross-sectional health surveys, one in Sweden and one in the US. SUBJECTS: The surveys included questionnaire and measured data from 5,461 adults in Sweden and 7,643 in the US. Participants were between 35 and 65 years of age. RESULTS: The odds ratios for poor self-rated health for the included cardiovascular risk factors were greater in the US. Low education was significantly more prevalent among those with self-rated poor health in the US, but not in Sweden. Using Swedes with high education as reference group (OR = 1), adults in the US with low education and 2+ risk factors had a greater than threefold risk (OR = 6.3) of self-rated poor health compared with Swedish low-educated adults with the same risk factor burden (OR = 1.9). The better-educated US adults with 2+ risk factors were significantly more likely to report poor health (OR = 3.4) compared with their Swedish counterparts (OR = 2.4). CONCLUSIONS: The interaction between risk factors, education, and self-rated health suggests a frightening picture, especially for the US. Public health interventions for reducing cardiovascular risk factors need to include both population and individual measures. Taking people's overall evaluation of their health into account when assessing total health risk is important.     

Poor health is associated with episodic heavy alcohol use: evidence from a National Survey

OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between self-rated health and episodic heavy drinking in a representative sample of American adults. We also sought to determine ethnic and gender differences in the association between self-rated health and episodic heavy drinking. METHODS: Data (n=4649) from the Third US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were utilized for this investigation. Episodic heavy drinking was defined as the consumption of five or more and four or more alcoholic beverages on one occasion for men and women, respectively. Poor health was defined as answering fair or poor to the question: "Would you say your health in general is excellent, very good, good, fair or poor?" Odds ratio from the logistic linear regression analysis was used to estimate the risk for poor health that was associated with episodic heavy drinking. Statistical adjustments were made for age, hypertension, diabetes, current smoking, body mass index and race/ethnicity. RESULTS: Overall, episodic heavy drinking was associated with increased odds of poor self-rated health in men and women. In men, episodic heavy drinking was independently associated with 1.28 (95% CI: 1.07-1.82) increased odds of poor health. The corresponding value in women was 1.86 (95% CI: 1.05-2.28). In men, being Black was associated with approximately two-fold (OR=1.96; 95% CI: 1.33, 2.89), and being Hispanic was associated with approximately four-fold (OR=3.59; 95% CI: 2.50, 5.14) increased odds of poor self-rated health relative to being White. The corresponding odds ratios in women were 2.97 (95% CI: 1.90, 4.64) and 5.18 (95% CI: 3.23, 8.30). Associations were greater among blacks (adjusted OR=2.41; 95% CI: 1.81-3.22) and Hispanics (adjusted OR=4.15; 95% CI: 3.12-5.52) than among whites. CONCLUSIONS: Poor health is associated with episodic heavy alcohol consumption. Public health strategies to curb alcohol abuse may improve self-reported health status in these at-risk populations.     

Satisfaction with the neighborhood environment and health in older elderly: cross-sectional evidence from the Bambuí Cohort Study of Aging

In order to investigate the association between satisfaction with the neighborhood environment and self-rated health among older elderly, data from 814 participants of the eleventh wave of the Bambuí Cohort Study of Aging were analyzed using robust Poisson regression analyses. Those elderly with higher satisfaction with their neighborhoods (PR = 0.75; 95%CI: 0.63-0.87) were less likely to report worse self-rated health. The number of chronic diseases (two, PR = 1.69; 95%CI: 1.05-2.70, three or more, PR = 1.99, 95%CI: 1.27-3.13), difficulty in performing daily activities (PR = 1.51; 95%CI: 1.28-1.78), presence of depressive symptoms (PR = 1.68; 95%CI: 1.44-1.95) and frequency of leisure-time exercise in previous 90 days (less than once a week, PR =1.24; 95%CI: 1.03-1.50) were all positively and significantly associated with poor self-rated health. This study provided empirical evidence that satisfaction with the neighborhood environment was associated with the health of the older elderly. The findings further suggest the potential importance of including this indicator in analyses of place and health among the elderly.     

Neighbourhood quality and self-rated health: a survey of eight suburban neighbourhoods in the Vancouver Census Metropolitan Area

We investigated the relationship between perceptions of neighbourhood quality and self-rated health for residents of eight suburban neighbourhoods with modestly contrasting income profiles in the Vancouver Census Metropolitan Area. Survey respondents from lower income neighbourhoods more often rated their health as fair/poor, and perceived their neighbourhood to be of poor quality. The strongest predictors for fair/poor health status were employment status, body mass index, neighbourhood satisfaction, and age, while modest predictors were annual household income, neighbourhood median income profile, and perceptions of neighbourhood safety. The unique contribution of this study is its demonstration that social gradients in self-rated health are observable between neighbourhoods of even modestly contrasting income profiles.     

Socioeconomic disadvantage within a neighborhood, perceived financial security and self-rated health

We examine whether perceived financial security mediates the association between social deprivation and self-rated health, using data from a 2004 survey of residents of one neighborhood in Calgary (N=441) and 2001 Census data on the 26 Census Dissemination Areas (DAs) that make up this neighborhood. Net of sociodemographic characteristics of residents, DA disadvantage had significant associations with being in fair/poor or very good health as compared to excellent health. Perceived financial security explained part of this association and influenced health over and above individual- and DA-level sociodemographic characteristics. These findings suggest social deprivation and perceptions of financial security are potentially useful intervention targets.     

郑州市成年居民睡眠状况及其影响因素分析

目的 了解郑州市成人睡眠状况及其影响因素,为改善居民睡眠状况提供依据。方法 采用多阶段分层整群抽样方法抽取郑州市6560名成年居民并对其人口学基本情况、行为危险因素、健康情况和睡眠时间等进行问卷调查。分析不同特征居民的睡眠时间和睡眠不足情况,睡眠不足相关影响因素采用多因素 logistic回归分析。结果 郑州市成年居民每天平均睡眠时间7.36 h,男性（7.41 h）高于女性（7.32 h）,农村（7.41 h）高于城市（7.30 h）,差异均有统计学意义（F值分别为7.773和11.643,P值分别为0.005和0.001）。睡眠时间随年龄的增加而降低（F=72.337,P<0.001）。睡眠不足率为19.76%,标化率为17.85%,睡眠不足率随年龄的增加而升高（c²趋势=15.792,P<0.001）。多因素logistic回归分析显示,女性（OR=1.151,95%CI:1.005~1.318）、城市（OR=1.615,95%CI:1.326~1.965）、高年龄组（OR=2.592,95%CI:2.052~3.274）、高文化程度（OR=0.742,95%CI:0.572~0.963）、自报慢性病（OR=1.261,95%CI:1.078~1.474）、自评健康状况差（OR=2.517,95%CI:1.862~3.402）是睡眠不足的影响因素。结论 郑州市成年居民睡眠不足普遍存在,城区居民、老年人、慢性病患者睡眠不足情况尤为严重,应加强对重点人群的宣教和干预,改善睡眠状况。     

Social capital and self-rated health: a contextual analysis.

OBJECTIVES: Social capital consists of features of social organization--such as trust between citizens, norms of reciprocity, and group membership--that facilitate collective action. This article reports a contextual analysis of social capital and individual self-rated health, with adjustment for individual household income, health behaviors, and other covariates. METHODS: Self-rated health ("Is your overall health excellent, very good, good, fair, or poor?") was assessed among 167,259 individuals residing in 39 US states, sampled by the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Social capital indicators, aggregated to the state level, were obtained from the General Social Surveys. RESULTS: Individual-level factors (e.g., low income, low education, smoking) were strongly associated with self-rated poor health. However, even after adjustment for these proximal variables, a contextual effect of low social capital on risk of self-rated poor health was found. For example, the odds ratio for fair or poor health associated with living in areas with the lowest levels of social trust was 1.41 (95% confidence interval = 1.33, 1.50) compared with living in high-trust states. CONCLUSIONS: These results extend previous findings on the health advantages stemming from social capital.     

我国老年人焦虑状况及其影响因素分析

目的 研究我国老年人焦虑症状检出率及其影响因素。方法 基于2018年中国老年健康影响因素跟踪调查（CLHLS）数据,选取数据库中11 127名65岁及以上的老年人为研究对象,利用二分类logistic回归模型分析老年人焦虑症状检出状况与影响因素之间的关系。结果 11 127名老年人中有焦虑症状的有1 359人,占比12.2%。二分类logistic回归分析显示,女性老年人（OR = 1.374,95%CI:1.190～1.586）、居住在中部（OR = 1.420,95%CI:1.234～1.634）和西部（OR = 1.436,95%CI:1.208～1.708）、从不社交（OR = 1.249,95%CI:1.088～1.433）、自评健康较差（OR = 3.549,95%CI:2.953～4.267）、生活满意度较差（OR = 2.436,95%CI:1.870～3.173）、生活富裕程度较差（OR = 2.186,95%CI:1.722～2.775）是老年人焦虑发生的危险因素;非文盲（OR = 0.830,95%CI:0.724～0.951）、睡眠时长为7～9 h（OR = 0.476,95%CI:0.415～0.544）与＞9 h（OR = 0.487,95%CI:0.408～0.582）是老年人焦虑发生的保护因素。结论 我国老年人焦虑症状检出率较高,应加强对老年人心理健康的关注,改善我国老年人的焦虑检出状况。     

Association between underweight and overweight/obesity with oral health among independently living Brazilian elderly

ObjectivePoor oral status, represented by partial/complete tooth loss, may lead to changes in food choice, which may ultimately lead to underweight, overweight, or obesity. The aim of this study is to evaluate whether poor oral status is associated with underweight or overweight/obesity, regardless of physical activity.MethodsThis cross-sectional study is part of a major project, The Frailty in Brazilian Elderly Study, carried out in Campinas, Brazil (2008–2009). The sample was composed of 900 independent-living older adults. Complete data were available for 875 individuals including sociodemographic, self-reported amount of medications used and eating difficulty questionnaire, smoking habit, depressive symptoms, physical activity, oral examination, and anthropometric assessments according to the WHO criteria. Body mass index was used as an outcome. Multinomial logistic regression was adjusted for confounding variables.ResultsThe mean age of the sample was 72.7 y (±5.81) and the prevalence of edentulism was 47.7%. Edentate individuals not wearing dentures were more likely to be underweight [odds ratio (OR) = 3.94, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.14–13.64] and overweight/obese (OR = 2.88, 95%CI 1.12–7.40). Males (OR = 0.56, 95%CI 0.36–0.85) and those not using medications (OR = 0.41 95%CI 0.24–0.70) were less likely to be overweight/obese. Individuals who smoke (OR = 2.62, 95%CI 1.26–5.44) were more likely to be underweight. Older individuals with family income between 3.1 and 5 minimum wage (OR = 1.69, 95%CI 1.00–2.87) were more likely to be overweight/obese.ConclusionTo our knowledge, this is one of the first studies associating poor oral health, represented by edentulism not rehabilitated with dentures, with unfavorable body mass, regardless of the two major confounders, physical activity and depression symptoms.