Research Article
Hypertension, Periodontal Disease, and Potassium Intake in Nonsmoking, Nondrinker African Women on No Medication
Table 3
Simple correlation coefficients between periodontitis and tooth loss with traditional risk factors possibly related to hypertension in middle-aged women.
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Values are correlation coefficients (), ‡, §. 24-hour urine (), blood chemistry and BMI (), and †24-hour urinary sodium and potassium excretions were measured and the intakes were estimated as the amount of chloride salt. |