, a German population cohort study which also found an increased deeper periodontal pocket with higher BMI (OR = 1.6, BMI increase by 5). 36 In this study, education level was at the margin of statistical significance (p = 0.053), as in a previous study which showed association with education, tooth loss, and oral hygiene. 18 Tooth loss and oral hygiene were not related to increased BMI in this study, may be because the lowest remaining teeth was 14 teeth as an inclusion criteria while in that study, there was no particular inclusion criteria based on tooth loss.
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Obesity correlated to a higher risk of acquiring periodontitis: a cross-sectional study.
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