Association between periodontal disease and stroke George S. Sfyroeras, MD, PhD, Nikolaos Roussas, MD, Vassileios G. Saleptsis, MD, Christos Argyriou, MD, Athanasios D. Giannoukas, MSc, MD, PhD, FEBVS Journal of Vascular Surgery Volume 55, Issue 4, Pages 1178-1184 (April 2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.10.008 Copyright © 2012 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Prospective studies. The risk of stroke in the periodontitis group is 1.47 times (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.13-1.92) the risk of the nonperiodontitis group. RR, Relative risk. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2012 55, 1178-1184DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2011.10.008) Copyright © 2012 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Retrospective studies. The odds of stroke of the periodontitis group are 2.63 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.59-4.34) times the odds of the nonperiodontitis group. OR, Odds ratio. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2012 55, 1178-1184DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2011.10.008) Copyright © 2012 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions