@article{oai:nagasaki-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00002947,
 author = {Higashi, Miho and Tsuneoka, Masahiro and Orita, Makiko and Hayashida, Naomi and Kudo, Takashi and Sato, Shimpei and Kadota, Koichiro and Yamanashi, Hirotomo and Koyama, Zenya and Kitamura, Masayasu and Fukuda, Hideki and Saito, Toshiyuki and Maeda, Takahiro and Takamura, Noboru},
 issue = {4},
 journal = {Acta medica Nagasakiensia},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {The relationship between tongue pressure and relevant factors including cardiovascular disease (CVD)-related factors in community-dwelling middle- and old-aged people is still controversial. To clarify the relationship between tongue pressure and relevant factors including CVD-related factors in community-dwelling middle- and old-aged people. We included 638 Japanese community-dwelling adults (241 men and 397 women) who participated in the screening program and agreed to participate in this study. We measured the tongue pressure using a JMS tongue pressure measuring instrumentR with a disposal oral balloon probe, and we conducted multivariate linear regression analysis to evaluate the relationship between tongue pressure and other 
existing parameters adjusted for CVD-related confounding factors. We showed that tongue pressure was significantly correlated with age (β = ?0.114), sex (β = 6.374, Men=2, Women=1), lean body mass (β = 0.278), and log grip strength (β = 22.438). Our study showed that these parameters were all independent explanatory valuables for tongue pressure in community-dwelling middle- and old-aged people. Age, sex, grip strength, and lean body mass were all independent explanatory valuables for tongue pressure in community-dwelling middle- and old-aged people., Acta medica Nagasakiensia, 61(4), pp.145-149; 2018},
 pages = {145--149},
 title = {Tongue pressure is associated with aging, sex, handgrip strength, and lean body mass in community-dwelling middle- and old-aged people: a cross sectional study},
 volume = {61},
 year = {2018}
}