Examination of the Relationship between Oral Health and Arterial Sclerosis without Genetic Confounding through the Study of Older Japanese Twins.

Although researchers have recently demonstrated a relationship between oral health and arterial sclerosis, the genetic contribution to this relationship has been ignored even though genetic factors are expected to have some effect on various diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate oral healt...

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Main Authors: Yuko Kurushima, Kazunori Ikebe, Ken-Ichi Matsuda, Kaori Enoki, Soshiro Ogata, Motozo Yamashita, Shinya Murakami, Yoshinobu Maeda, Osaka Twin Research Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4444248?pdf=render