title: Association between periodontal disease and acute coronary syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the relationship between PD and ACS and the association of PD and periodontitis in ACS patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-eight ACS patients and 57 controls with no history of coronary artery disease (CAD) were included in the study.
  
  
  METHODS
  arterial hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, obesity, history of CAD, cigarette smoking, and interleukin-1beta gene polymorphism.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One hundred and fifteen subjects were enrolled in the study. In the ACS group, 58 patients were evaluated, 32 of whom (55.2%) were male and 26 (44.8%), female. In the control group, 57 subjects were evaluated, 32 (56.1%) of whom were male and 25 (43.9%), female. Periodontal disease was diagnosed in 26 (44.8%) ACS patients and 15 (26.6%) control patients (beta2 = 4.43, p = 0.04). In a logistic regression analysis, the odds ratio for association between PD and ACS was 1.8 (95% CI: 1.0-5.0); p = 0.24. The odds ratio for association of periodontitis with ACS was 4.5 (95% CI: 1.3-15.6); p = 0.019.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  No independent association was found between PD and ACS. There was an independent association between periodontitis and ACS.
authors: Hospital São Lucas, Faculdade de Odontologia, PUC-RS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors: Rafael Luiz
authors: RL
authors: Rech
authors: Natálio
authors: N
authors: Nurkin
authors: Ivana
authors: I
authors: da Cruz
authors: Fabiano
authors: F
authors: Sostizzo
authors: Carolina
authors: C
authors: Baião
authors: José Antônio
authors: JA
authors: Perrone
authors: Rodrigo
authors: R
authors: Wainstein
authors: Daniela
authors: D
authors: Pretto
authors: Euler Roberto Fernandes
authors: ER
authors: Manenti
authors: Luiz Carlos
authors: LC
authors: Bodanese
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000150:complications*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D010512:Periodontal Index; D012307:Risk Factors