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## Abstract **Objectives** :To investigate the association between periodontal disease parameters and coronary ischemic disease among 30–50‐year‐old Chileans. **Material and methods:** Cases were 30–50‐year‐olds who were hospitalized in one of four Cardiologic Units in Santiago, Chile, for acute myocardial infarction, unstable angina or angina pectoris. Controls had undergone surgery due to gall bladder stones or abdominal hernia. Information on blood pressure, serum cholesterol, body weight and height, age, occupation, smoking, diabetes and use of antidepressants was obtained. A total of 86 persons participated based on informed consent, but the analysis is based on 61 persons, for whom a complete set of data was obtained. Cases and controls were given a clinical periodontal examination comprising assessment of number of teeth present, periodontal pocket depth and clinical attachment level at six sites per tooth. The association between mean attachment level; mean pocket probing depth; number of teeth present and case status was analyzed by conditional logistic regression controlling for known risk factors for CHD. **Results:** The mean attachment level was positively associated w

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Author

Rodrigo López; Marcela Oyarzún; Claudia Naranjo; Francisco Cumsille; Mario Ortiz; Vibeke Baelum

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0303-6979)

Published

2002

Language

EN

Field

Dentistry (Health Sciences)