Vascular Disease

Research reports on vascular disease from University of Leeds provide new insights

Published in Blood Weekly, November 1st, 2007

"' To use data from the Glasgow Alumni Cohort to investigate whether oral health in young adulthood is independently associated with later life cardiovascular disease ( CVD) and cancer mortality. Of the original cohort ( n = 15 322), 12 631 subjects were traced through the National Health Service Central Register," investigators in Leeds, the United Kingdom report.

"Of these, 9569 men and 2654 women were 30 years or younger at baseline. During up to 57 years of follow- up, 1432 deaths occurred among subjects with complete data, including 509 deaths from CVD and 549 from cancer. After adjusting for potential confounders, no substantial association was found between the...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2007-11-01)

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