ArticleSaudi medical journal2015
Sublingual varices in relation to smoking, cardiovascular diseases, denture wearing, and consuming vitamin rich foods.
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- Sublingual varices as predictor of factors associated with cardiovascular diseases: A systematic review with meta-analysis.Oral and maxillofacial surgery · 2024Pooled it
- Relationship between sublingual varices and hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC oral health · 2024Pooled it
- Association Between Cardiovascular Diseases and Lingual Varices: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Traditional Chinese medicine-based visual assessment of tongue features associated with current cancer vs. no cancer history: a matched case-control study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Application of Fractal Dimension Analysis of Sublingual Blood Vessel Patterns in Correlation with Cardiovascular Diseases-A Pilot Study Title.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Spontaneous Sublingual Hematoma in a COVID-19 Patient on Heparin Therapy: A Case Report and Review of Management Challenges.Case reports in medicine · 2025Article
- Association of Sublingual Varices With Heart- and Cerebrovascular Disease.International dental journal · 2024Observational
- Evaluation of the Relationship between Sublingual Varices and Hypertension.Frontiers in dentistry · 2024Article
- Is there any difference based on sublingual varices frequency between hypertensive patients and healthy persons?BMC oral health · 2023Article
- The relative area score for sublingual varices reliability measurement: a diagnostic study.BMC oral health · 2023Article
- Persistence and stability of sublingual varices over time and their connection to underlying factors: an 8 year follow up study.BMC oral health · 2022Observational
- Evaluation of Sublingual Varices Prevalence and Its Respective Factors in Two Iranian Nursing Homes in 2019.Iranian journal of otorhinolaryngology · 2022Article
- The Association Between Sublingual Varices and Cardiovascular Risk Factors.Vascular health and risk management · 2022Article
- Risk factors associated with tongue lesions: a propensity score-matched case-control study.Medicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal · 2022Observational
- The Relationship between Smoking and Sublingual Varices in the Elderly.Oman medical journal · 2021Article
- Influence of hypertension and other risk factors on the onset of sublingual varices.BMC oral health · 2021Article
- Hypertension and other etiological risk factors associated with the sublingual varices: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of oral biology and craniofacial researchReview
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Abstract
objectivesTo identify potential risk factors such as smoking, cardiovascular diseases (CVD), denture wearing, and consuming vitamin rich foods, and its relation to the development of sublingual varices (SLV).
methodsThis cross-sectional observational study was conducted on patients who attended the Department of Dentistry at The University of Jordan Hospital, Amman, Jordan between February and May 2013. Clinical examinations and inspections of 391 patients (203 males and 188 females), 13-74 years of age were conducted to determine the presence of SLV. Sublingual varices were classified into 2 categories: grade 0 (few or none visible), and grade one (moderate or severe). Frequency distributions of both SLV and risk factors were obtained. Multiple logistic regression analysis and Chi-square test were used to analyze the influence of individual risk factors on the incidence of SLV.
resultsThere were 88 subjects (22.5%) who had SLV. In the multivariate logistic regression model, SLV were significantly associated with age (odds ratio [OR]: 2.27, p=0.008) with highest occurrences in the eighth decade of life, gender (OR: 2.74, p=0.001), smoking (OR: 2.93, p=0.002), denture wearing (OR: 2.03, p=0.044), and CVD (OR: 4.01, p=0.00).
conclusionThe presence of SLV could be indicative of some potential risk factors including old age, female gender, and denture wearing, and may alert the dental clinician to recognize underlying systemic conditions, particularly CVD.
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