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Periodontitis is associated with the risk of subclinical atherosclerosis and peripheral arterial disease in Korean adults.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Aug 2016
Ahn Yoo-Been, Shin Myung-Seop, Han Dong-Hun, Sukhbaatar Munkhzaya, Kim Mi-Sun, Shin Hye-Sun, Kim Hyun-Duck
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: We aimed to evaluate the association of periodontitis with the development of early atherosclerotic vascular disease in Korean adults. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, a total of 1343 adults aged over 40 years were recruited from a community-based cohort of Yangpyeong county, Korea, during the period 2010-2014. Only dentate individuals were included in the study. Subclinical...
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