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Carotid calcifications on panoramic radiographs: a 5-year follow-up study
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Medicine. Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Neuroscience, Clinical Neuroscience.
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Odontology.
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Odontology.
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2015 (English)In: Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology, ISSN 2212-4403, E-ISSN 2212-4411, Vol. 120, no 4, p. 513-520Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Objective. The aim of this study was to determine whether people with calcifications in the area of the carotid arteries on panoramic radiographs (CALPANs) have an increased prevalence of vascular risk factors or an increased risk of future vascular events. Materials and Methods. We included 113 consecutive patients with CALPANs and 116 gender- and age-matched controls without CALPANs. Vascular risk factors were generally known in the study population, since it was recorded in a population-based community-screening program. Results. Patients with CALPANs had a higher prevalence of vascular risk factors than controls independent of previous vascular events. During the 5.4-year follow-up, patients with CALPANs had a higher risk of a combined endpoint of vascular events (5.6%/yr) compared with the controls (2.4%/yr) (P = .004 by log rank test; unadjusted hazard ratio (HR) 2.4; 95% CI 1.3-4.3). This difference was not significant when previous vascular events and risk factors were taken into account (adjusted HR; 1.2; 95% CI 0.6-2.3; P = .62; Cox regression). Conclusions. People with CALPANs are very likely to have vascular risk factors, but these factors might be unknown when CALPANs are detected. Accordingly, patients with CALPANs should be advised to have their vascular risk factors regularly checked in order to receive advice on preventive lifestyle modifications and medical treatment when indicated. However, it remains unknown whether CALPANs add information about the independent risk of future vascular events. Therefore, further studies are warranted to investigate whether the detection of CALPANs indicates a need for additional or more intense vascular treatment.

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[Johansson, Elias; Meimermondt, Amanda] Umea Univ, Dept Pharmacol & Clin Neurosci, S-90182 ea, Sweden. [Johansson, Elias; Wester, Per] Umea Univ, Dept Publ Hlth & Clin Med, S-90182 Umea, Sweden. [Ahlqvist, Jan; Garoff, Maria; Jaghagen, Eva Levring] Umea Univ, Dept Odontol, S-90182 Umea, Sweden., 2015. Vol. 120, no 4, p. 513-520
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vascular risk, cardiology
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Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-109796DOI: 10.1016/j.oooo.2015.06.026ISI: 000360912000015PubMedID: 26260766Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84941599430OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-109796DiVA, id: diva2:859688
Available from: 2015-10-08 Created: 2015-10-06 Last updated: 2023-03-23Bibliographically approved

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