Relationship between the burden of major periodontal bacteria and serum lipid profile in a cross-sectional Japanese study

• Main Authors: Youn-Hee Choi (Author), Takayuki Kosaka (Author), Miki Ojima (Author), Shinichi Sekine (Author), Yoshihiro Kokubo (Author), Makoto Watanabe (Author), Yoshihiro Miyamoto (Author), Takahiro Ono (Author), Atsuo Amano (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The association of periodontal bacteria with lipid profile alteration remains largely unknown, although it has been suggested that chronic periodontitis increases the atherosclerotic risk. This cross-sectional study investigated the relationship between the prevalence and total b...