@article{1c760610a38c11df928f000ea68e967b,
title = "The relationship between body mass index and periodontitis in the Copenhagen City Heart Study",
abstract = "Obesity is hypothesized to involve immunoinflammatory alterations, and the condition has been related to increased susceptibility to periodontitis. The present study analyzed the association between overweight/obesity and periodontitis assessed as clinical attachment loss (AL) and bleeding on probing (BOP) in a cross-sectional design.",
keywords = "Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Body Mass Index, Body Weight, Cohort Studies, Cross-Sectional Studies, Denmark, Disease Susceptibility, Female, Gingival Hemorrhage, Heart Diseases, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Obesity, Overweight, Periodontal Attachment Loss, Periodontal Pocket, Periodontitis, Prospective Studies, Sex Factors, Smoking, Young Adult",
author = "Johanne Kongstad and Hvidtfeldt, {Ulla A} and Morten Gr{\o}nbaek and Kaj Stoltze and Palle Holmstrup",
year = "2009",
doi = "10.1902/jop.2009.080559",
language = "English",
volume = "80",
pages = "1246--1253",
journal = "Journal of Periodontology",
issn = "0022-3492",
publisher = "American Academy of Periodontology",
number = "8",
}
