Open AccessInterlinking Periodontitis and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Assessment of Crevicular Visfatin Levels in Health and in Disease Before and After Initial Periodontal Therapy
Author(s) -
Vandita Mishra,
Leena Shettar,
Mahesh Bajaj,
Abhishek Savir Math,
Srinath Thakur
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/18656.8283
Subject(s) - medicine , periodontitis , chronic periodontitis , diabetes mellitus , post hoc analysis , type 2 diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes , analysis of variance , periodontal disease , gastroenterology , disease , dentistry , endocrinology
Visfatin is a new adipocytokine associated with both chronic periodontitis and type 2 diabetes mellitus independently.