Do genetic factors explain the association between poor oral health and cardiovascular disease? a prospective study among Swedish twins

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 615-621

  Mucci, Lorelei A ^a,b,c,e   Hsieh, Chung Cheng ^b,c   Williams, Paige L ^b   Arora, Manish ^b   Adami, Hans Olov ^b,c   De Faire, Ulf ^c,d   Douglass, Chester W ^b,e   Pedersen, Nancy L ^c,f  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Oral health; Periodontal diseases; Tooth loss; Twin study

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HEALTH RISK; ORAL HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; TOOTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CORRELATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TOOTH; TWINS; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; TOOTH DISEASE;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TOOTH DISEASES; TWINS;

EID: 70249100282     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp177     Document Type: Article

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