Association between longitudinal trajectories of cognitive functioning and all-cause mortality among middle-aged and older adults in South Korea: Exploring the mediating role of oral health-related quality of life.
Researchers tracked cognitive function changes over time in over 5400 South Korean adults and found that those with declining or persistently low cognition faced higher mortality risk, with oral health-related quality of life partially explaining this relationship.
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