Modeling longitudinal oral health status and pneumonia risk: secondary data analyses of an integrated dental-medical cohort

Abstract Background Mounting evidence indicates potential associations between poor oral health status (OHS) and increased pneumonia risk. Relative pneumonia risk was assessed in the context of longitudinally documented OHS. Methods Electronic medical/dental patient data captured from 2007 through 2...

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Main Authors: Richard L. Berg, Ingrid Glurich, Aloksagar Panny, Frank A. Scannapieco, Jeffrey Miecznikowski, Jeffrey VanWormer, Amit Acharya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-12-01
Series:BMC Oral Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-023-03629-0