Association between periodontitis and all-cause and cancer mortality: retrospective elderly community cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Periodontal infection induces inflammation, which may increase the risk of tumor-promoting effects. The aim of this study was to assess the association between periodontitis and all-cause mortality, and all-cancer and specific cancers' mortality in a health examination cohort of the elderly in the communities.

Methods

A dataset of health examinations for the elderly with cause of death from 2005 to 2012 was obtained from the Department of Health, Taipei City Government. We enrolled 82,548 study participants with 262,035 visits. A Cox proportional hazards model and Cox frailty model were used for calculating the hazard ratios under different periodontal status by using SAS and Rstudio.

Results

Being male, elderly, having a low education level, and smoking we

SUBMITTER: Chung PC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7285774 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature