Periodontal Disease and Coronary Heart Disease | Zendy

James D. Beck | Zendy; Paul I. Eke | Zendy; Gerardo Heiss | Zendy; Phoebus Madianos | Zendy; David Couper | Zendy; Dongming Lin | Zendy; Kevin Moss | Zendy; John R. Elter | Zendy; Steven Offenbacher | Zendy

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Periodontal Disease and Coronary Heart Disease

Author(s) -

James D. Beck,

Paul I. Eke,

Gerardo Heiss,

Phoebus Madianos,

David Couper,

Dongming Lin,

Kevin Moss,

John R. Elter,

Steven Offenbacher

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.104.511998

Subject(s) - medicine , treponema denticola , prevotella intermedia , capnocytophaga , periodontitis , odds ratio , actinobacillus , porphyromonas gingivalis , gastroenterology , biology , bacteria , genetics

Results from studies relating periodontal disease to cardiovascular disease have been mixed. Residual confounding by smoking and use of clinical measures of periodontal disease rather than measures of infection have been 2 major criticisms. The aims of this study were to investigate relationships between prevalent coronary heart disease (CHD) and 2 exposures, (1) clinical periodontal disease and (2) IgG antibodies to 17 oral organisms, and to evaluate the role of smoking in these relationships.

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