OBJECTIVE: @entity281 may increase the levels of cytokines in the blood which, in turn, are associated with early mortality in the elderly. We investigated the possible association between oral infections and mortality. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study over a 5-year follow-up. SETTING: Research laboratory. @entity1 : A cohort born in 1910 (n = 94) was examined in the year 1995. Five years later mortality data were obtained from the population register for 49 deceased subjects. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Urgent need of dental treatment, lifetime, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). RESULTS: The multivariate analysis adjusted for general health and lifestyle factors showed that the risk for @entity204 of subjects in urgent need of dental treatments was 3.9 times higher than that of the other subjects. Among @entity1 ESR correlated significantly with urgent need of dental treatment. CONCLUSIONS: @entity281 among frail elderly @entity1 may be a sign of early mortality.

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@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['PARTICIPANTS', 'people', 'men'] @entity281 :: ('MESH:D007239', 'Disease') :: ['Oral infections'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['death']
@entity281 :: (MESH:D007239,Disease) :: ['Oral infections']
