Pathological periodontal pockets are associated with raised diastolic blood pressure in obese adolescents

BACKGROUND: Obesity, a well-known risk factor for developing cardiovascular disease (CVD), is associated with chronic periodontitis in adults. This cross-sectional pilot study on obese adolescents was designed to investigate whether periodontal disease in terms of pathological periodontal pockets is...

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Autores principales: Zeigler, Cecilia C, Wondimu, Biniyam, Marcus, Claude, Modéer, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4373518/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25884594
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12903-015-0026-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4373518/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25884594
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12903-015-0026-6

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