Poor oral function is associated with loss of independence or death in functionally independent older adults

• Yusuke Nagamine,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, School of Public Health in the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan

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• Tsukasa Kamitani,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, School of Public Health in the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Hajime Yamazaki,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, School of Public Health in the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Section of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Community Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Yusuke Ogawa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, School of Public Health in the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Shunichi Fukuhara,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, School of Public Health in the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Section of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Community Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Yosuke Yamamoto

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: yamamoto.yosuke.5n@kyoto-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, School of Public Health in the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1104-2612

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