Bias in estimating the cross-sectional smoking, alcohol, obesity and diabetes associations with moderate-severe periodontitis in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study: comparison of full versus partial-mouth estimates.

Aderonke A AkinkugbeVeeral M SaraiyaJohn S PreisserSteven OffenbacherJames D Beck

Published in: Journal of clinical periodontology (2015)

Partial-mouth protocols result in misclassification of periodontitis and may bias epidemiologic measures of association. The magnitude and direction of this bias depends on choice of PRP and case definition threshold used.

Keyphrases

cross sectional
type diabetes
cardiovascular disease
metabolic syndrome
insulin resistance
weight loss
early onset
high intensity
glycemic control
adipose tissue
high fat diet induced
alcohol consumption
platelet rich plasma