Number of teeth as a predictor of cardiovascular mortality in a cohort of 7,674 subjects followed for 12 years

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 870-876

  Holmlund, Anders ^a,d   Holm, Gunnar ^b   Lind, Lars ^c  

^a GÄVLE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Public Dental Health Service   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Myocardial infarction; Oral health; Stroke; Tooth loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTICS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STROKE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STROKE; SWEDEN; TOOTH LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953254488     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2010.090680     Document Type: Article

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