Dental disease and risk of coronary heart disease and mortality.
Reads0
Chats0
TLDR
Dental disease is associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease, particularly in young men, and may be a more general indicator of personal hygiene and possibly health care practices.Abstract:
OBJECTIVE--To investigate a reported association between dental disease and risk of coronary heart disease. SETTING--National sample of American adults who participated in a health examination survey in the early 1970s. DESIGN--Prospective cohort study in which participants underwent a standard dental examination at baseline and were followed up to 1987. Proportional hazards analysis was used to estimate relative risks adjusted for several covariates. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES--Incidence of mortality or admission to hospital because of coronary heart disease; total mortality. RESULTS--Among all 9760 subjects included in the analysis those with periodontitis had a 25% increased risk of coronary heart disease relative to those with minimal periodontal disease. Poor oral hygiene, determined by the extent of dental debris and calculus, was also associated with an increased incidence of coronary heart disease. In men younger than 50 years at baseline periodontal disease was a stronger risk factor for coronary heart disease; men with periodontitis had a relative risk of 1.72. Both periodontal disease and poor oral hygiene showed stronger associations with total mortality than with coronary heart disease. CONCLUSION--Dental disease is associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease, particularly in young men. Whether this is a causal association is unclear. Dental health may be a more general indicator of personal hygiene and possibly health care practices.read more
Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
The role of cigarette smoking in the association between periodontal disease and coronary heart disease.
TL;DR: It is found that there are no significant associations between periodontal loss of attachment (LOA) and heart attack history for smokers, with odds ratios and 95% confidence interval of 2.64 to 4.71.
Journal ArticleDOI
Association between obstructive sleep apnoea and chronic periodontitis: a population-based study.
TL;DR: The study detected an association between OSA and a prior diagnosis of CP, and the odds ratio of prior CP for cases was 1.75 times greater than that of controls after adjusting for monthly income and geographical location.
Book
Medical statistics from scratch : an introduction for health professionals
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a systematic review and meta-analysis of the results of a large-scale case-control study on the effect of confounding matching on the survival of two groups of individuals.
Journal ArticleDOI
A systematic review of the effectiveness of oral health promotion activities among patients with cardiovascular disease
TL;DR: Oral health promotion activities appear to produce improvements in periodontal health, and also result in changes to systemic markers of inflammation and endothelial function in the short term, whether these effects can ultimately lower the risk of secondary cardiovascular events has not yet been determined.
Journal ArticleDOI
Nut Consumption and Survival in Patients With Stage III Colon Cancer: Results From CALGB 89803 (Alliance)
Temidayo Fadelu,Sui Zhang,Donna Niedzwiecki,Xing Ye,Leonard B. Saltz,Robert J. Mayer,Rex B. Mowat,Renaud Whittom,Alexander Hantel,Al B. Benson,Daniel Atienza,Michael J. Messino,Hedy L. Kindler,Alan P. Venook,Shuji Ogino,Shuji Ogino,Kimmie Ng,Kana Wu,Walter C. Willett,Edward Giovannucci,Jeffrey A. Meyerhardt,Ying Bao,Charles S. Fuchs,Charles S. Fuchs +23 more
TL;DR: Diets with a higher consumption of nuts may be associated with a significantly reduced incidence of cancer recurrence and death in patients with stage III colon cancer.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Association between dental health and acute myocardial infarction.
Kimmo Mattila,M. S. Nieminen,Ville Valtonen,V. P. Rasi,Y. A. Kesäniemi,S. L. Syrjälä,P. S. Jungell,M. Isoluoma,K. Hietaniemi,M. J. Jokinen +9 more
TL;DR: The association between poor dental health and acute myocardial infarction was investigated in two separate case-control studies and remained valid after adjustment for age, social class, smoking, serum lipid concentrations, and the presence of diabetes.
Journal ArticleDOI
Chronic Chlamydia pneumoniae infection as a risk factor for coronary heart disease in the Helsinki Heart Study.
Pekka Saikku,M. Leinonen,L. Tenkanen,E Linnanmäki,M. R. Ekman,Vesa Manninen,Matti Mänttäri,M H Frick,J K Huttunen +8 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that chronic C. pneumoniae infection may be a significant risk factor for the development of coronary heart disease.
Journal ArticleDOI
Association of prior infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae and angiographically demonstrated coronary artery disease
TL;DR: The results generally support the previously reported association between C pneumoniae infection and coronary heart disease, and caution should be used in interpreting the basis for this association.
Journal Article
The relative importance of selected risk factors for various manifestations of cardiovascular disease among men and women from 35 to 64 years old: 30 years of follow-up in the Framingham Study
TL;DR: Differences were noted in the risk profiles for various manifestations of cardiovascular disease (CVD) that occurred before the age of 65 during the first 30 years of follow-up of the 5070 subjects of the original Framingham cohort, highlighting the need for future studies to distinguish better between those factors that precipitate cardiovascular events and those that relate to the pathogenesis of the underlying atherosclerosis.