Relationship between dry mouth and hypertension

Salivary dysfunction, such as reduced salivary flow and an altered composition, is caused by several diseases, medical conditions, medications. The purpose of the present study was to clarify relationship between hypertension morphological changes in submandibular glands. An epidemiological conducted elucidate dry mouth. effects on intima thickness arteries glands were histopathologically investigated. Among 1933 subjects study, 155 (8.0%) had A multivariate analysis revealed that mouth correlated with age (p < 0.001), sex 0.05). No significant differences observed size patients or without hypertension. average area acinar cells smaller than those (0.366 ± 0.153 vs. 0.465 0.178, p arteriosclerotic index significantly higher (0.304 0.034 vs 0.475 0.053, Hypertension may contribute degeneration decreasing number promoting fatty infiltration stenosis arteries. There be a correlation