correlational
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People with severe calcium buildup in their heart arteries tend to have less of a specific bacteria called Fusobacterium nucleatum in their blood than people with healthy arteries.
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Presence of periodontal pathogenic bacteria in blood of patients with coronary artery disease
Cross-Sectional Study
Human
2022 Jan 24The study found that a specific mouth bacteria called Fusobacterium nucleatum is much less common in the blood of people with severe artery calcification than in healthy people — which is exactly what the claim says.
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