ArticleInternational archives of occupational and environmental health2013
Association between blood lead and mercury levels and periodontitis in the Korean general population: analysis of the 2008-2009 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data.
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- The association of lead and cadmium exposure with periodontitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC oral health · 2025Pooled it
- Associations of Urinary Total Arsenic and Arsenic Species and Periodontitis.International dental journal · 2024Article
- Association between blood lead and periodontitis among American adults: a cross-sectional study of the national health and nutrition examination survey.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Article
- Cadmium Exposure Disrupts Periodontal Bone in Experimental Animals: Implications for Periodontal Disease in Humans.Toxics · 2018Article
- Relationship between Blood Mercury Concentration and Bone Mineral Density in Korean Men in the 2008-2010 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Korean journal of family medicine · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe present data from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2008-2009 regarding the association between blood lead and mercury levels and periodontitis in a representative sample of the adult South Korean population.
methodsThe analysis was restricted to participants ≥20 years of age who completed the health examination survey, including blood lead, cadmium, and mercury measurements (n = 3,966). Odds ratios (ORs) for periodontitis were calculated for log-transformed blood metal levels and quartiles thereof after covariate adjustment.
resultsIn a logistic regression analysis using log-transformed blood lead and mercury levels as independent variables after covariate adjustment, including blood lead, mercury, and cadmium, the ORs and 95 % CI values in men for having periodontitis with doubling of blood lead and mercury were 1.699 (1.154-2.503) and 1.394 (1.057-1.838), respectively. Furthermore, in a logistic regression analysis using tertiles of blood lead and mercury as independent variables after covariate adjustment, the ORs and 95 % CIs of men for having periodontitis in the highest tertile were 1.756 (1.184-2.604) and 1.575 (1.507-2.347), respectively. ORs in the logistic regression analysis for men using log-transformed blood cadmium or the tertile of blood cadmium as independent variables after covariate adjustments were not statistically significant in either model. Unlike men, ORs in the logistic regression analyses for women using the same independent variables after covariate adjustment were not statistically significant in any blood metal analysis.
conclusionsThe association between blood lead and mercury levels and periodontitis was significant regardless of the type of variable (continuous or categorical) in the Korean male population.
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