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Association between periodontal disease and stroke

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1 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 (April 2012) DOI: /j.jvs Copyright © 2012 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 Prospective studies. The risk of stroke in the periodontitis group is 1.47 times (95% confidence interval [CI], ) the risk of the nonperiodontitis group. RR, Relative risk. Journal of Vascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.jvs ) Copyright © 2012 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 2 Retrospective studies. The odds of stroke of the periodontitis group are 2.63 (95% confidence interval [CI] ) times the odds of the nonperiodontitis group. OR, Odds ratio. Journal of Vascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.jvs ) Copyright © 2012 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions


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