eRAM
encyclopedia of Rare Disease Annotation for Precision Medicine
| Disease | periodontitis |
| Comorbidity | C0235974|pancreatic cancer |
| Sentences | 1 |
| PubMedID- 21523227 | A prospective cohort study in the us male health professionals showed that when compared with no periodontal disease, the history of periodontitis significantly associated with increased pancreatic cancer risk [risk ratio (rr) 1.64; 95% confidence interval (ci) 1.19–2.26] while the cumulative tooth loss during the 16-year follow-up was not associated with pancreatic cancer (30). |
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