Open AccessOral health status of CHD and non-CHD adults of Lahore, Pakistan
Author(s) -
Syed Akhtar Hussain Bokhari,
Ayyaz Ali Khan,
Mohammad O. Khalil,
Mohammad Mohammad Abubakar,
Mustahsen-u-rehaman,
Mohammad Azhar
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of indian society of periodontology (print)/journal of indian society of periodontology (online)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.309
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 0975-1580
pISSN - 0972-124X
DOI - 10.4103/0972-124x.82273
Subject(s) - medicine , bleeding on probing , logistic regression , oral health , tooth loss , periodontitis , dentistry , demography , sociology
Evidence on association of oral health and coronary heart diseases (CHD) is mounting in the literature. This study was designed to observe an association between status of oral health and cardiac diseases in Pakistani adults.