The association between serum folate levels and periodontal disease in older adults: Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2001/02

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 108-113

  Yu, Yau Hua ^a   Kuo, Hsu Ko ^b   Lai, Yu Lin ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Folate; National Health and Nutrition Examination survey; Oral health; Periodontal disease

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTAL EXAMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846029137     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.01020.x     Document Type: Article

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