Binary logistic regression analyses with backward elimination were used to create prediction models for both total and severe periodontitis. Model 1 included SROH, demographics and biomarkers.

For total periodontitis, these threshold sumscores were 4.03 for model 1, 3.25 for model 2 and 1.68 for model 3. For severe periodontitis, this was 5.94 for model 1, 3.69 for model 2 and 2.48 for ...

There is no causal relationship between periodontitis and oral, gastric and oesophagal cancers, reveals a study published in ...