Sublingual varices in relation to smoking, XXXX , denture wearing, and consuming vitamin rich foods.

@entity6312 @entity1 @entity65
OBJECTIVES: To identify potential risk factors such as smoking, @entity65 ( @entity65 ), denture wearing, and consuming vitamin rich foods, and its relation to the development of @entity6312 ( @entity6312 ).   METHODS: This cross-sectional observational study was conducted on @entity1 who attended the Department of Dentistry at The University of Jordan Hospital, Amman, Jordan between February and May 2013. Clinical examinations and inspections of 391 @entity1 (203 males and 188 females), 13-74 years of age were conducted to determine the presence of @entity6312 . Sublingual varices were classified into 2 categories: grade 0 (few or none visible), and grade one (moderate or severe). Frequency distributions of both @entity6312 and risk factors were obtained. Multiple logistic regression analysis and Chi-square test were used to analyze the influence of individual risk factors on the incidence of @entity6312 .   RESULTS: There were 88 subjects (22.5%) who had @entity6312 . In the multivariate logistic regression model, @entity6312 were significantly associated with age (odds ratio [OR]: 2.27, p=0.008) with highest occurrences in the eighth decade of life, gender (OR: 2.74, p=0.001), smoking (OR: 2.93, p=0.002), denture wearing (OR: 2.03, p=0.044), and @entity65 (OR: 4.01, p=0.00).   CONCLUSION: The presence of @entity6312 could be indicative of some potential risk factors including old age, female gender, and denture wearing, and may alert the dental clinician to recognize underlying systemic conditions, particularly @entity65 .  Saudi Med J 2015; Vol. 36 (3): 310-315doi: 10.15537/smj.2015.3.10429
