Open AccessPeriodontal Disease and Incidence of Hypertension in the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study
Author(s) -
Sona RivasTumanyan,
Donna Spiegelman,
G. C. Curhan,
John P. Forman,
Kaumudi Joshipura
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1038/ajh.2012.32
Subject(s) - medicine , multivitamin , tooth loss , prospective cohort study , body mass index , relative risk , confounding , cohort study , periodontitis , population , proportional hazards model , confidence interval , dentistry , vitamin , environmental health , oral health
Recent studies suggest a possible association between periodontal disease and hypertension; however, prospective evidence is limited.
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