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SUBMITTER: Machado V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7291060 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Machado Vanessa V Aguilera Eva Muñoz EM Botelho João J Hussain Syed Basit SB Leira Yago Y Proença Luís L D'Aiuto Francesco F Mendes José João JJ
Journal of clinical medicine 20200523 5
Periodontitis is a common chronic inflammatory disease which could have an important impact on blood pressure (BP). This study aimed to explore (a) the association between periodontal health and BP in a large representative cohort, (b) the predictive value of diagnosis of periodontitis in undiagnosed raised BP and (c) whether age is a mediator of this relationship. In total, 1057 randomly recruited individuals (mean age, 60.9 ± 16.3 years, 57.7% women) underwent periodontal clinical assessment a ...[more]