Effect of inflammation in the periodontium in early old age on mortality at 21-year follow-up: Clinical investigations

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1206-1212

  Avlund, Kirsten ^a,b,c,d   Schultz Larsen, Kirsten ^a,b   Krustrup, Ulla ^e   Christiansen, Niels ^e   Holm Pedersen, Poul ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d Center for Healthy Aging   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aging; Inflammation; Mortality; Periodontitis

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; DENTAL CARIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PERIODONTITIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TOOTH BRUSHING;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENMARK; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERIODONTITIS; PERIODONTIUM; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67649786706     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02328.x     Document Type: Article

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