Localized periodontitis and kidney function for the risk of proteinuria in young adults in the CHIEF oral health study

Abstract This study aimed to investigate the association of localized periodontitis with proteinuria in 1281 military young adults in Taiwan. Localized periodontitis was classified as Healthy/Stage I (N = 928) or Stage II/III (N = 353). Stage 2 chronic kidney disease (CKD) was defined as an estimate...

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Main Authors: Kun-Zhe Tsai, Pang-Yen Liu, Tsung-Jui Wu, Chia-Hao Fan, Wan-Chien Cheng, Ren-Yeong Huang, Gen-Min Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23843-0