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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Dent Assoc. 2011 Mar;142(3):262–273. doi: 10.14219/jada.archive.2011.0165

Table 2.

Baseline Medication Use*

Characteristic Placebo Group (n = 62) SDD Group (n = 51) p-value
Aspirin (any dose) 9 (15%) 9 (18%) 0.8
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents 0 0
Steroids 0 0
Antibiotics 1 (2%) 0 >0.9
Statins 6 (10%) 8 (16%) 0.4
Non-statin lipid-lowering agent 0 0
Diuretics 8 (13%) 4 (8%) 0.5
Beta blockers 3 (5%) 3 (6%) >0.9
Calcium channel blockers 4 (6%) 1 (2%) 0.4
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor/angiotensin receptor blockers 6 (10%) 6 (12%) 0.8
Nitrates 0 0
Thienopyridine adenosine diphosphate-receptor antagonists 0 0
*

Data are expressed as count (%)