Is poor oral health a risk marker for incident cardiovascular disease hospitalisation and all-cause mortality? Findings from 172 630 participants from the prospective 45 and Up Study.

The increase in HRs for cerebrovascular diseases (I60–I69, G45, G46) was not statistically significant (but approached significance) in those reporting no teeth vs ≥20 teeth left (HR, 95% CI 1.24 (0.99 to 1.54)); marginal increase in HRs were observed in those reporting poor vs very good self-rated health of teeth and gums (HR, 96% CI 1.28 (1.01 to 1.63)).

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When categorised as a dichotomous variable (<10 vs ≥10 teeth left), the relationship of tooth loss to IHD hospitalisation did not vary significantly according to any of the subgroup categories examined (of age group, sex, smoking, alcohol consumption, Australian born status, annual household income, educational qualification, BMI, physical activity sessions, diabetes or private health insurance) except for marginal significance (p heterogeneity =0.047) according to region of residence ( figure 4 ).

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