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Oral Systemic Connections
Inflammation of the periodontium associates with risk of future cardiovascular events
In this paper, the authors evaluated the relationship between periodontal inflammation and subsequent major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) using Cox models and log-rank tests and found that PDinflammation is independently associated with MACE via a mechanism that may involve increased arterial inflammation. More…
Patients
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Median Age
33
individuals developed MACE during follow-up (median 4.1 years).
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Periodontitis as a risk factor for cerebrovascular accident:
a case-control study in the Indian population
Pradeep AR, Hadge P, Arjun Raju P, Shetty SR, Shareef K, Guruprasad CN.
Periodontitis as a risk factor for cerebrovascular accident: a case–control study in
the Indian population. More…
Patients
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Age > 33 – 68
33
a probing pocket depth of > 4.5 mm was found to be the most significant factor for stroke
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