title: Number of teeth and selected cardiovascular risk factors among elderly people.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To produce evidence on an association between the number of teeth and selected cardiovascular risk factors among an elderly population.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study population comprised of 523 community-living elderly people who participated in the population-based Kuopio 75+ study. The data for each subject were collected using a structured clinical health examination, an interview and laboratory tests. Linear regression models were used to estimate adjusted mean values and confidence limits.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Edentulous persons and persons with a small number of teeth had lower serum HDL cholesterol and higher triglyceride, leucocyte and blood glucose levels and a higher body mass index (BMI) compared with subjects to a large number of teeth.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study showed that, in the Finnish home-dwelling population aged 75 years or older, those with a large number of teeth were less likely to have cardiovascular risk factors such as a low serum HDL cholesterol level, a high triglyceride level and a high BMI than did subjects with a small number of teeth or who were edentulous.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland. Anna-Maija.Syrjala@oulu.fi
authors.forename: Anna-Maija Hannele
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Syrjälä
authors.forename: Pekka
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ylöstalo
authors.forename: Sirpa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hartikainen
authors.forename: Raimo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sulkava
authors.forename: Matti
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Knuuttila
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D003817:Dentition; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology; D004522:Educational Status; D005387:Finland / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D057187:Independent Living / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007576:Jaw, Edentulous, Partially / Q000453:epidemiology; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D017533:Marital Status; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D014987:Xerostomia / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D014280:Triglycerides