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An examination of the risk of periodontitis for nonfatal cardiovascular diseases on the basis of a large insurance claims database

Nicky G. F. M. Beukers, Geert J. M. G. van der Heijden, Naichuan Su, Onno van der Galiën, Victor E. A. Gerdes, Bruno G. Loos

Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology · 2022

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Summary

OBJECTIVES: Although many studies have reported a higher risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (ACVD) in people with periodontitis (PD), this has been tested in a few large-scale population-based studies with a longitudinal design. The aim of this study was to investigate whether people with PD status have an increased risk of a nonfatal ACVD event compared to people without PD status. METHODS: A cohort of 1.2 million participants from a healthcare insurance claims database was studied longitudinally for a period of 8 years. PD status was derived from PD-related insurance claims and ACVD status from ACVD-related insurance claims. Person-time at risk (PTAR) was calculated from the start of follow-up (01 January 2007) for participants with and without PD status until ACVD or event-

Subject
Dietary patterns & chronic disease
Source type
Peer-reviewed study
System type
Other
DOI
10.1111/cdoe.12752
Catalogue ID
BFmokjob7i-238zzv
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