title: Periodontitis may contribute to poor control of hypertension in older adults.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Periodontal disease, hypertension, and blood pressure among older adults in Puerto Rico. Rivas-Tumanyan S, Campos M, Zevallos JC, Joshipura KJ. J Periodontol 2013;84:203-11.
  
  
  METHODS
  Janet H. Southerland, DDS, MPH, PhD PURPOSE/QUESTION: To determine the association between clinically measured periodontal disease and clinically assess hypertension in a representative sample of elderly Puerto Ricans
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) - G12RR03051, and National Institutes of Health (NIH) - K24DE16884 TYPE OF STUDY/DESIGN: Cross-sectional
  
  
  METHODS
  Level 2: limited-quality patient-oriented evidence
  
  
  METHODS
  Not applicable.
authors.affiliation: Dean and Professor, Department Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry, Nashville, TN 37208, USA. Tel.: +1 615 327 6207; fax: +1 615 327 6074. Electronic address: jsoutherland@mmc.edu.
authors.forename: Janet H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Southerland
mesh_terms: D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000453:epidemiology*