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Tooth loss linked to increased high blood pressure risk in postmenopausal women.
2004 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tooth loss is associated with an increased risk of high blood pressure in postmenopausal women, according to a study from Japan.
"Tooth loss has been associated with an increased risk of vascular diseases such as coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular disease. Little is known about whether hypertension is an important factor linking the two phenomena in postmenopausal women," said A. Taguchi and colleagues, Hiroshima University Hospital.
These researchers "compared an incidence of hypertension and traditional risk factors for vascular diseases between two age-matched groups: 67 postmenopausal women with missing teeth and 31 without missing teeth." They also measured the women's blood pressure; serum concentration of total cholesterol, high- and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides; plasma angiotensin-converting enzyme activity; plasma angiotensin II concentration; plasma renin activity; and resting heart rate - "traditional risk factors for vascular diseases."
Taguchi and colleagues found that women "without missing teeth had significantly lower diastolic blood pressure than did subjects with missing teeth (p=.021). The former tended to have lower systolic blood pressure than did the latter (p=.058). There were no significant differences ...
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