title: One-Year Period Prevalence of Oral Aphthous Ulcers and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Behçet's Disease.
abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the 1-year period prevalence of oral aphthous ulcers (OAUs) and their association with oral health-related quality of life (OHQOL) in patients with Behçet's disease (BD) and in the general population. In this cross-sectional study, 675 patients with Behçet's disease (BD group) and 1,097 males and females in the Japanese general population (control group) completed both questionnaires on their OAU status during the prior year and the General Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI). In the BD group, 84% of patients reported experiencing an OAU during the previous year, and the mean number of OAUs/year was 13. In the control group, 31% of individuals experienced an OAU during the previous year, and the mean number of OAUs/year was one. Multivariate analysis indicated that both BD patients (OR, 6.2; 95% CI, 4.8-8.0) and controls (OR, 2.6; 95% CI, 2.0-3.5) who had OAUs at least twice per year were more likely to have GOHAI scores below the norm than were controls who had fewer than two OAUs per year. The association between HLA-B∗51 and OAUs remains unknown. The presence of OAUs has a negative effect on the OHQOL of patients with BD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan.
authors.forename: Mariko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naito
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshimi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzukamo
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan.
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wakai
authors.affiliation: School of Dental Hygiene, Ogaki Women's College, 1-109 Nishinokawa-cho, Ogaki 503-8554, Japan.
authors.forename: Miki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Azechi
authors.affiliation: Institute of Dermato-Immunology and -Allergy, Southern TOHOKU Research Institute for Neuroscience, 7-115 Yatsuyamada, Koriyama 963-8563, Japan.
authors.forename: Fumio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Informatics, Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Takeo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.affiliation: Department of Healthcare Administration, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan.
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
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authors.lastname: Hamajima
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Healthcare Research, Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan ; Centre for Innovative Research for Communities and Clinical Excellence (CIRC LE), Fukushima Medical University, 1 Hikariga-oka, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan.
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authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukuhara
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