title: Periodontal status and Prevotella intermedia antibody in acute coronary syndrome.
abstract: We performed periodontal examination and measured serum antibody levels against Prevotella intermedia in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Composite periodontal risk scores were significantly higher in the ACS group than in the coronary artery disease (CAD) group. Serum antibody levels were higher in the ACS group than in the CAD group and those were significantly correlated with the composite periodontal risk scores. These results provided important information about the status of P. intermedia infection in patients with ACS.
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Soejima
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oe
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: Katsuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuo
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukunaga
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugamura
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: Seigo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shinohara
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Izumi
authors.forename: Hisao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ogawa
mesh_terms: D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D018713:Prevotella intermedia / Q000276:immunology*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric