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Periodontal Status, C-Reactive Protein, NT-proBNP, and Incident Heart Failure: The ARIC Study

Periodontal Status, C-Reactive Protein, NT-proBNP, and Incident Heart Failure: The ARIC Study

Source : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2213177922003146?via=ihub

Periodontal disease (PD), resulting from inflammatory host response to dysbiotic subgingival microbiota, has been linked to cardiovascular disease; however, its relationship to heart failure (HF) and its subtypes (heart failure with reduced ejection fraction [HFrEF] and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction [HFpEF]) is unexplored.


Conclusions: Periodontal status was associated with incident HF, HFpEF, and HFrEF, as well as unfavorable changes in CRP and NT-proBNP.