Increased medications in the aged patients with burning mouth syndrome: A potentially overlooked risk factor.

J Dent Sci · 2025 · PMC12485411 · PMID 41040606

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marginally significantP = 0.078so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Although there was no statistically significant difference at the conventional level ( P < 0.05), the polypharmacy group exhibited a marginally significant association with an increased risk of having BMS (OR = 2.066, 95% CI: 0.922–4.630, P = 0.078, Table 3 ).

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While the risk of having BMS was most pronounced in the minor polypharmacy group, the BMS patients in higher medication groups (the polypharmacy and excessive polypharmacy groups) also showed elevated risks of having BMS with marginal significance.

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