Tooth loss and cardiovascular disease mortality risk--results from the Scottish Health Survey.

<h4>Background</h4>Tooth loss is associated with increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality risk. This association may however be due to residual confounding. We aimed to assess whether tooth loss is associated with specific CVD mortality endpoints in a national population sample a...

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Main Authors: Richard G Watt, Georgios Tsakos, Cesar de Oliveira, Mark Hamer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22363491/?tool=EBI