Link between Periodontal Disease and Coronary Artery Disease: Bangladesh Perspective.
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2014
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Coronary artery disease (CAD) is an increasingly important medical and public healthproblem, and is the
leading cause of mortality in Bangladesh. Besides conventional risk factors and ethnicity, a number of
emerging risk factors may explain the undue prevalence of CAD in this population. Periodontal disease
(PD) is one of them, with prevalence of approximately 50%. As with many other diseases, PD is associated
with CAD, and the association is independent of conventional risk factors. Low socioeconomic condition,
illiteracy and ignorance, metabolic syndrome, nutritional deficiencies including hypovitaminosis D
presumably contribute to the prevalence of PD in Bangladesh. In fact, PD and CAD share some
cardiometabolic risk factors including diabetes mellitus, obesity and metabolic syndrome. Future research
will hopefully explore different aspects of both public health problems, namely, PD and CAD in the country.
The information gathered thereby, will help formulate policy to promote good oral health and tackle the
deadly epidemic of CAD more efficiently.
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Coronary Artery Diseases, Periodontal Disease
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Islam A K M M, Rahman M M, Ullah M, Yeasmin L. Link between Periodontal Disease and Coronary Artery Disease: Bangladesh Perspective. Cardiovascular Journal. 2014; 7(1): 44-54.