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ArticleMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2020

Prevalence of Periodontal Disease among Obese Young Adult Population in Saudi Arabia-A Cross-Sectional Study.

Julie Toby Thomas, Toby Thomas, Masood Ahmed, Karthiga Kannan S, Zoha Abdullah, Sara Ayid Alghamdi, Betsy Joseph

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Article in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Is Obesity a Risk Factor for Periodontal Disease in Adults? A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  3. Association between Pediatric Obesity and Periodontal Health: A Systematic Review.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Julie Toby ThomasDepartment of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Majmaah University, Al Zulfi 11952, Saudi Arabia.
Toby ThomasDepartment of Restorative Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Majmaah University, Al Zulfi 11952, Saudi Arabia.
Masood AhmedDepartment of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Majmaah University, Al Zulfi 11952, Saudi Arabia.
Karthiga Kannan SDepartment of Maxillofacial Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Majmaah University, Al Zulfi 11952, Saudi Arabia.
Zoha AbdullahDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, Asan Memorial Dental College, Chengalpettu 6000094, India.
Sara Ayid AlghamdiDepartment of Preventive Dental Science, College of Dentistry, Majmaah University, Al Zulfi 11952, Saudi Arabia.
Betsy JosephDepartment of Periodontics and Community Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Khalid University, Abha 62521, Saudi Arabia.
Majmaah University · SAKing Khalid University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AdultBody Mass IndexCross-Sectional StudiesDental CareFemaleHumansMaleObesityOral HygienePeriodontal DiseasesPrevalenceSaudi ArabiaYoung AdultCPIobeseperiodontal diseaseprevalenceSaudi Arabia

Identifiers

PMID32344600
PMCPMC7231025
OpenAlexW3017776038

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