RISK OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION OR FLUTTER ASSOCIATED WITH PERIODONTITIS: A NATIONWIDE, POPULATION-BASED, COHORT STUDY.

Risk of Atrial Fibrillation or Flutter Associated with Periodontitis: A Nationwide, Population-Based, Cohort Study.

To investigate the risk of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter in patients with periodontitis (PD) in comparison with individuals without PD.We used the 1999-2010 Taiwanese National Health Insurance Research Database to identify cases of PD in the year 2000 matching (1:1) with persons without PD during 1999-2000 according to sex and individual ag

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