Association between periodontitis and peripheral artery disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inflammation is a common feature of both peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and periodontitis. Some studies have evaluated the association between PAD and periodontitis. However, there is still no specialized meta-analysis that has quantitatively assessed the strength of the association. Thus, we conducted this meta-analysis to critically assess the strength of the association between PAD and periodontitis.

Methods

PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library were searched for observational studies of the association between periodontitis and PAD in February 2018. Risk ratios (RRs) and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) from included studies were pooled to evaluate the strength of the association between periodontitis and PAD. Weighted mean differences (WMDs) and the

SUBMITTER: Yang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6035462 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature