Open AccessThe Association between Self‐reported Periodontitis and Coronary Heart Disease —From MY Health Up Study—
Author(s) -
Senba Toshihiko,
Kobayashi Yasuki,
Inoue Kazuo,
Kaneto Chie,
Inoue Mariko,
Toyokawa Satoshi,
Suyama Yasuo,
Suzuki Toshiko,
Miyano Yukie,
Miyoshi Yuji
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of occupational health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 59
ISSN - 1348-9585
DOI - 10.1539/joh.l7066
Subject(s) - public health , health promotion , family medicine , medicine , gerontology , life insurance , nursing , business , actuarial science
1 , In the last 10 yr, a new dental field called "periodontal medicine 1) " has been proposed, which draws attention to the relationship between periodontal disease and systemic diseases. There have been reports of an association between periodontal disease, which are chronic inflammatory diseases, and heart diseases. Epidemiological studies of the association between periodontal disease and heart diseases have been reported in the last 10 or so years 2-10) . So far, however, no clear conclusions have been reached. The objectives of our cross-sectional study of a large group of Japanese workers were to examine the association between the state of oral health such as the presence of periodontitis and two CHDs, myocardial infarction and angina pectoris. We here define CHD as myocardial infarction or angina pectoris, or a combination of both. The investigation was implemented using results of a baseline investigation of the "MY Health Up Study," which was conducted at a large insurance firm for the purpose of health maintenance of its workers.