Poor Oral Health and Coronary Artery Disease: A Case‐Control Study

• Published in: Journal of periodontology (1970) 2012-11, Vol.83 (11), p.1382-1387
• Main Authors: Ashraf, Javed, Hussain Bokhari, Syed Akhtar, Manzoor, Sobia, Khan, Ayyaz Ali
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology. Vascular system; Case-Control Studies; Chi-Square Distribution; Confidence Intervals; Coronary artery disease; Coronary Disease - complications; Coronary heart disease; Dental Plaque - complications; Dental Plaque Index; Dentistry; Developing Countries; Facial bones, jaws, teeth, parodontium: diseases, semeiology; Female; Heart; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Non tumoral diseases; Odds Ratio; oral health; Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology; Pakistan; Periodontal Diseases - complications; Periodontal Index; plaque index; risk factors; Tooth Loss - complications
• ISSN: 0022-3492; 1943-3670
• DOI: 10.1902/jop.2012.110563

Background: There is insufficient research on the relationship of oral health and coronary artery disease (CAD) from developing countries, such as Pakistan. This study observes the status of oral health in the CAD population. Methods: A case‐control study was conducted on 145 cases and 145 controls. Otherwise healthy patients with CAD (cases) and individuals free from previous/current history of CAD (controls), having ≥14 remaining teeth, were examined for oral health status through missing teeth, plaque index (PI), and community periodontal index (CPI). Student t test, χ2 test, and multivariate regression analysis were applied at significance level of 95% (P ≤0.05) to compare study parameters between cases and controls. Results: A significant difference between cases and controls was observed in this study sample with respect to missing teeth (P = 0.027) and periodontal parameters of PI and CPI (P