Open AccessThe association between clinically determined periodontal disease and prostate-specific antigen concentration in men without prostate cancer: the 2009–2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Author(s) -
Yuhan Huang,
Dominique S. Michaud,
Jiayun Lu,
H. Ballentine Carter,
Elizabeth A. Platz
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
ccc. cancer causes and control/ccc, cancer causes and control
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.073
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-7225
pISSN - 0957-5243
DOI - 10.1007/s10552-019-01238-3
Subject(s) - medicine , national health and nutrition examination survey , edentulism , prostate cancer , confidence interval , prostate specific antigen , logistic regression , prostatitis , disease , cancer , gastroenterology , dentistry , prostate , population , oral health , environmental health
We evaluated the association between clinically assessed periodontal disease and serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) concentration in men without a prostate cancer diagnosis in a US nationally representative sample of non-institutionalized men.