Moderate and severe periodontitis are positively associated with metabolic syndrome.
Isaac Suzart Gomes-FilhoIzadora da S C E BalinhaSimone S da CruzSoraya C TrindadeEneida de M M CerqueiraJohelle de S Passos-SoaresJulita Maria F CoelhoAna Marice T LadeiaMaria Isabel P ViannaAlexandre M HintzTeresinha C de SantanaPedro P Dos SantosAna Claúdia M G FigueiredoIvana C O da SilvaFrank A ScannapiecoMaurício L BarretoPeter M LoomerPublished in: Clinical oral investigations (2020)
MetS influences the etiology of cardiovascular diseases, one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide. The findings suggest that the greater the severity of periodontitis, the greater is the association magnitude with MetS. The health professional needs to recognize that the importance of periodontal disease may play in MetS.