Relationship between serum uric acid levels and periodontitis-A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Whether there is an association between serum uric acid level (sUA) and periodontitis remains unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between moderate/severe periodontitis and sUA in US adults.

Materials and methods

A total of 3398 participants were included in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2009 to 2014. The independent variable was sUA and the dependent variable was periodontitis. SUA for continuous variables, periodontitis as classification variables. Covariate including social demographic variables, life style, systemic diseases, etc. Multiple linear regression models were used to investigate the distribution of differences in covariates between different independent groups. To investigate the assoc

SUBMITTER: Bai J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11432880 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature