Metabolic dysfunction reflected by METS-IR in the association between sleep disorders and tooth looseness: a secondary data analysis of NHANES 2011-2020.

Among US survey participants, people reporting sleep disorders had higher odds of tooth looseness, with metabolic dysfunction (measured by insulin resistance) statistically accounting for roughly a quarter of this association. The findings suggest a potential metabolic pathway linking sleep problems to tooth looseness, though causality cannot be determined from this cross-sectional data.

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