Number of teeth and selected cardiovascular risk factors among elderly people

Gerodontology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 189-192

  Syrjälä, Anna Maija Hannele ^a,b   Ylöstalo, Pekka ^a   Hartikainen, Sirpa ^c,d   Sulkava, Raimo ^c   Knuuttila, Matti ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b Oulu Health Center   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d Leppävirta Health Center   (Finland)

^e OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

cardiovascular; dental; diet; elderly people

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTITION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDENTULOUSNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FINLAND; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MARRIAGE; MOUTH DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICS; XEROSTOMIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; DENTITION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FINLAND; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALLY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MARITAL STATUS; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TRIGLYCERIDES; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 77956027628     PISSN: 07340664     EISSN: 17412358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2358.2009.00328.x     Document Type: Article

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