Losing teeth leads to an unhealthy diet associated with cardiovascular disease risk

Article Title and Bibliographic Information

The association between tooth loss and the self-reported intake of selected CVD-related nutrients and foods among US women.

Hung HC, Colditz G, Joshipura KJ. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2005;33(3):167-73.

Level of Evidence

Purpose/Question

To evaluate if tooth loss is associated with dietary change in women

Source of Funding

NIH, State of Florida, Department of Citrus, Lake Alfred

Type of Study/Design

Cohort study and cross-sectional analysis

McMaster University, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Population Health Research Institute, 237 Barton Street East, Hamilton, ON L8L 2X2, Canada

PII: S1532-3382(06)00018-2

doi:10.1016/j.jebdp.2006.04.002

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