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Influence of Obesity on Periodontitis Progression Is Conditional on Interleukin-1 Inflammatory Genetic Variation.
Journal of periodontology - 1 Jan 2017
Wilkins Leon M, Kaye Elizabeth K, Wang Hwa-Ying, Rogus John, Doucette-Stamm Lynn, Kornman Kenneth, Garcia Raul I
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BACKGROUND: This study evaluates whether specific patterns of interleukin (IL)-1 gene variants, known to affect periodontitis severity, influence the previously reported association between obesity and subsequent periodontitis progression in a longitudinal database. The study population included 292 men (aged 29 to 64 years at entry) from the Veterans Affairs Dental Longitudinal Study from whom DNA and dental and...
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