Periodontitis may contribute to poor control of hypertension in older adults

Janet H Southerland

doi:10.1016/j.jebdp.2013.07.016

Periodontitis may contribute to poor control of hypertension in older adults

J Evid Based Dent Pract. 2013 Sep;13(3):125-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jebdp.2013.07.016.

Author

Janet H Southerland¹

Affiliation

¹ Dean and Professor, Department Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry, Nashville, TN 37208, USA. Tel.: +1 615 327 6207; fax: +1 615 327 6074. Electronic address: jsoutherland@mmc.edu.

PMID: 24011014
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebdp.2013.07.016

Abstract

Article title and bibliographic information: Periodontal disease, hypertension, and blood pressure among older adults in Puerto Rico. Rivas-Tumanyan S, Campos M, Zevallos JC, Joshipura KJ. J Periodontol 2013;84:203-11.

Reviewer: Janet H. Southerland, DDS, MPH, PhD PURPOSE/QUESTION: To determine the association between clinically measured periodontal disease and clinically assess hypertension in a representative sample of elderly Puerto Ricans

Source of funding: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) - G12RR03051, and National Institutes of Health (NIH) - K24DE16884 TYPE OF STUDY/DESIGN: Cross-sectional

Level of evidence: Level 2: limited-quality patient-oriented evidence

Strength of recommendation grade: Not applicable.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Comment

MeSH terms

Blood Pressure / physiology*
Female
Humans
Hypertension / epidemiology*
Male
Periodontitis / epidemiology*

Abstract

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