Association of chronic periodontitis with left ventricular mass and central blood pressure in treated patients with essential hypertension.

Background: The aim of the study was to answer the question whether chronic periodontitis (CP) in patients with essential hypertension is associated with increased aortic stiffness and increased central blood pressure (CBP), which may in turn increase left ventricular mass (LVM) in those patients. CP influences LVM in hypertensive and renal patients as well as in healthy subjects; however, mechanisms involved are not clear.

Methods: Fifty patients (23 men and 27 women, 51.