Open AccessSevere Periodontitis Is Associated with Insulin Resistance in Non-abdominal Obese Adults
Author(s) -
InSeok Song,
Kyungdo Han,
YongMoon Park,
Suk Ji,
Sang-Ho Jun,
JaeJun Ryu,
JunBeom Park
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2016-2061
Subject(s) - medicine , insulin resistance , periodontitis , abdominal obesity , waist , odds ratio , body mass index , diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes , endocrinology , obesity , impaired glucose tolerance , gastroenterology , insulin , impaired fasting glucose , confounding
We hypothesized that insulin resistance, even with normal body weight (body mass index or waist circumference), can aggravate periodontitis severity.
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