Severity of dental caries and risk of coronary heart disease in middle-aged men and women: a population-based cohort study of Korean adults, 2002–2013

Abstract We aimed to evaluate the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) according to dental caries status in middle-aged patients using a population-based cohort database containing medical/dental claims, health examination, and death records in the Republic of Korea. A total of 234,597 patients were...

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Main Authors: Kyuwoong Kim, Seulggie Choi, Jooyoung Chang, Sung Min Kim, Seon Jip Kim, Ryan Jin-Young Kim, Hyun-Jae Cho, Sang Min Park
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-47029-3