Periodontitis and multiple markers of cardiometabolic risk in the fourth decade: A cohort study.
Dara M ShearerWilliam Murray ThomsonClaire M CameronSandhya RamrakhaGraham WilsonTien Yin WongMichael J A WilliamsRachael McLeanReremoana TheodoreRichie PoultonPublished in: Community dentistry and oral epidemiology (2018)
Periodontitis was not associated with markers of cardiometabolic risk at this relatively early stage in the life course. It is possible that any influence of periodontitis on cardiometabolic health develops later in life, or periodontitis is not involved in the putative causal chain comprising systemic inflammation, cardiometabolic risk markers, and subsequent cardiovascular risk.