The mean duration on dialysis was 69.6 В± 22.1 months. The mean age of patients was 54.7 В± 16.4 years (minumum 22, maximum 78), and 32 (53%) of them were male. The ICC value for the intra- and inter-reliability was as high as 0.997 ( P <0.001) and 0.994 ( P <0.001), respectively, indicating excellent reliability. A value of P <0.05 was considered statistically significant. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (version 20.0 SPSS, Inc., an IBM Company, Chicago, IL, USA) was used. For the evaluation of reproducibility, randomly selected 18 PRs (30%) were re-evaluated by the same researchers. Categorical data were compared using the Chi-square test. The comparison of two groups of numeric variables was made with the StudentвЂ™s t-test and MannвЂ“Whitney U-test. The ShapiroвЂ“Wilk and KolmogorovвЂ“Smirnov tests were performed to test for the normal distribution of variables. The data are expressed as means В± standard deviation. A probability P 130 mg/dL and/or triglyceride >150 mg/dL. PS was evaluated in all healthy, decayed, and restored teeth except the third molar teeth, in the coronal, sagittal, and axial planes. Panoramic radiographs of the patients were evaluated for CAC and PS by two oral and maxillofacial radiologists. CAC was defined as the presence of heterogeneous nodular opacities in the soft tissue in C3вЂ“C4 intervertebral area.

The mean age of patients was 54.7 В± 16.4 years, and 32 (53%) of them were male. A total of 60 chronic hemodialysis (HD) patients (30 CAC positive, 30 CAC negative) participated in this study. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the presence of carotid artery calcification (CAC) and pulp stone (PS). Sevcihan Gunen Yilmaz 1, Fatih Yilmaz 2, Ibrahim Sevki Bayrakdar 3, Abubekir Harorli 4ДЎВ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey 2В Department of Nephrology, Antalya Ataturk State Hospital, Antalya, Turkey 3В Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey 4В Department of Oral and MaxillofacialRadiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Ataturk University, Erzurum, TurkeyД¬lick here for correspondence address and email Date of Submission The Relationship between carotid artery calcification and pulp stone among hemodialysis patients: A retrospective study

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