Periodontal Disease Associated With Kidney Function Decline In Some Patients, Study Finds

Healio (7/7, Webb) reported, “Specific markers of periodontal disease were associated with eGFR decline during a six-year period,” a study team concluded after assessing “data related to 7,732 participants in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos who did not have chronic kidney disease at baseline (mean age was 41.5 years; 45.2% were men).” Participants “underwent full dental examination at sites across the” US. The study revealed that “select periodontal measures (including >30% sites with probing depth 4 mm and absence of functional dentition) were associated with increased risk for incident low eGFR.” The findings were published online ahead of print in the journal Kidney Medicine.