Atherosclerosis
Study results from University of Florence in the area of atherosclerosis published
Published in Women's Health Weekly, June 26th, 2008
According to recent research from Florence, Italy, "The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between severe periodontitis and sub-clinical atherosclerosis in young (<= 40 years) systemically healthy individuals. Ninety systemically healthy subjects, 45 affected by severe periodontitis (mean age 36.35 +/- 3.65 years) and 45 controls without a history of periodontal disease (mean age 33.78 +/- 3.28 years), were enrolled in this study."
"Patients and controls were paired for age, gender, body mass index and smoking habits. Carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) was bilaterally assessed by ultrasonography at the level of common carotid artery. Traditional...
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