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Sok-Ja Janket
Researcher at The Forsyth Institute
Publications - 58
Citations - 2554
Sok-Ja Janket is an academic researcher from The Forsyth Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Odds ratio. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 51 publications receiving 2395 citations. Previous affiliations of Sok-Ja Janket include Boston University & Brigham and Women's Hospital.
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Meta-analysis of periodontal disease and risk of coronary heart disease and stroke.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed published studies and abstracts in order to provide a quantitative summary of periodontal disease as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and explore the possible causes for conflicting results in the literature.
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Oral Health, Atherosclerosis, and Cardiovascular Disease:
TL;DR: Overall, it appears that periodontal disease may indeed contribute to the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease, although the statistical effect size is small.
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Does Periodontal Treatment Improve Glycemic Control in Diabetic Patients? A Meta-analysis of Intervention Studies
TL;DR: This meta-analysis of 10 intervention studies to quantify the effects of periodontal treatment on HbA1c level among diabetic patients, to explore possible causes for the discrepant reports, and to make recommendations for future studies.
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A three-item scale for the early prediction of stroke recovery.
Alison E. Baird,James M. Dambrosia,Sok-Ja Janket,Quentin Eichbaum,Claudia Chaves,Brian Silver,P. Alan Barber,Mark W Parsons,David Darby,Stephen M. Davis,Louis R. Caplan,Robert E. Edelman,Steven Warach +12 more
TL;DR: The combination of clinical and MR DWI factors provided better prediction of stroke recovery than any factor alone, shortly after admission to hospital.
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A Prospective Study of Fruit and Vegetable Intake and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Women
Simin Liu,Mary K. Serdula,Sok-Ja Janket,Nancy R. Cook,Howard D. Sesso,Walter C. Willett,JoAnn E. Manson,Julie E. Buring +7 more
TL;DR: To evaluate the hypothesis that a high intake of fruits and vegetables protects against the incidence of type 2 diabetes and to explore whether specific subgroups ofruits and vegetables differentially affect diabetes risk, prospective data from the Women’s Health Study from 1993 to 2003 are analyzed.