Association of periodontitis with increased white blood cell count and blood pressure

Blood Pressure

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-58

  Inoue, Kazuo ^a   Kobayashi, Yasuki ^a   Hanamura, Hiroyuki ^b   Toyokawa, Satoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Hanamura Dental Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Blood pressure; Inflammation; Periodontitis; White blood cell

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIST; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERROR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERTENSION; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JAPAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIODONTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; STANDARD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTITIS;

EID: 15944403638     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08037050510008869     Document Type: Article

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