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Periodontal Disease and Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes

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450

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28

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2005

Year

Aramesh Saremi, Robert G. Nelson, Marshall K. Tulloch‐Reid, Robert L. Hanson, Maurice L. Sievers, George W. Taylor, Marc Shlossman, Peter H. Bennett, Robert J. Genco, William C. Knowler
Diabetes Care

Abstract

Periodontal disease is a strong predictor of mortality from IHD and diabetic nephropathy in Pima Indians with type 2 diabetes. The effect of periodontal disease is in addition to the effects of traditional risk factors for these diseases.

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