Prevalence of oral precancerous and cancerous lesions in elderly Malaysians
A house to house survey on elderly subjects aged 60 years old and above was undertaken in a large district in Malaysia. A total of 486 subjects in randomly selected Enumeration Blocks were interviewed and examined. The prevalence of oral precancerous lesions was recorded at 3.3%, of which leukoplaki...
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| author | Zain, R.B. Ali, T.B. Jalalluddin, R.L. Abdul Razak, I. |
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| description | A house to house survey on elderly subjects aged 60 years old and above was undertaken in a large district in Malaysia. A total of 486 subjects in randomly selected Enumeration Blocks were interviewed and examined. The prevalence of oral precancerous lesions was recorded at 3.3%, of which leukoplakia was the most common. When the ethnic distribution of these oral precancerous and cancerous (OPC) lesions was compared, 72% of those inflicted were Indians. Oral cancer was detected in two subjects (0.4%), both of whom were of Indian origin. Among subjects with OPC lesions, 4.2% were smokers, 12.7% were betelquid chewers, 11.8% had indulged in both habits, whilst one subject had not practised any of the oral habits of interest (0.4%). The findings suggest the occurrence of OPC lesions to be related to betelquid chewing. |
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| spelling | um.eprints-23412019-08-26T07:36:31Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/2341/ Prevalence of oral precancerous and cancerous lesions in elderly Malaysians Zain, R.B. Ali, T.B. Jalalluddin, R.L. Abdul Razak, I. RK Dentistry A house to house survey on elderly subjects aged 60 years old and above was undertaken in a large district in Malaysia. A total of 486 subjects in randomly selected Enumeration Blocks were interviewed and examined. The prevalence of oral precancerous lesions was recorded at 3.3%, of which leukoplakia was the most common. When the ethnic distribution of these oral precancerous and cancerous (OPC) lesions was compared, 72% of those inflicted were Indians. Oral cancer was detected in two subjects (0.4%), both of whom were of Indian origin. Among subjects with OPC lesions, 4.2% were smokers, 12.7% were betelquid chewers, 11.8% had indulged in both habits, whilst one subject had not practised any of the oral habits of interest (0.4%). The findings suggest the occurrence of OPC lesions to be related to betelquid chewing. SAGE Publications 1996 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.um.edu.my/2341/1/rosnah2.pdf Zain, R.B. and Ali, T.B. and Jalalluddin, R.L. and Abdul Razak, I. (1996) Prevalence of oral precancerous and cancerous lesions in elderly Malaysians. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 9 (1). pp. 24-27. ISSN 1010-5395, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oos.2009.06.582 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oos.2009.06.582>. https://doi.org/10.1177/101053959700900105 doi:10.1016/j.oos.2009.06.582 |
| spellingShingle | RK Dentistry Zain, R.B. Ali, T.B. Jalalluddin, R.L. Abdul Razak, I. Prevalence of oral precancerous and cancerous lesions in elderly Malaysians |
| title | Prevalence of oral precancerous and cancerous lesions in elderly Malaysians |
| title_full | Prevalence of oral precancerous and cancerous lesions in elderly Malaysians |
| title_fullStr | Prevalence of oral precancerous and cancerous lesions in elderly Malaysians |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of oral precancerous and cancerous lesions in elderly Malaysians |
| title_short | Prevalence of oral precancerous and cancerous lesions in elderly Malaysians |
| title_sort | prevalence of oral precancerous and cancerous lesions in elderly malaysians |
| topic | RK Dentistry |
| url | http://eprints.um.edu.my/2341/1/rosnah2.pdf |
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