Table 4 Microbial indicator of periodontal disease (MIP) in saliva (n = 282) is not correlated with markers of cardiometabolic health.

From: Early microbial markers of periodontal and cardiometabolic diseases in ORIGINS

 

N

Mean MIP parameter estimate

Standard error

p-value

Meansbp

217

0.13

0.492

0.80

Meandbp

217

0.18

0.374

0.64

Glucosecrc

215

−0.16

0.317

0.62

Insulin

217

0.007

0.1826

0.97

HOMA-IR

215

−0.00007

0.00045

0.88

HbA1c

217

−0.009

0.0262

0.73

  1. All models control for age, sex, race, BMI, and smoking status. Meansbp mean systolic blood pressure, meandbp mean diastolic blood pressure, glucosecrc fasting glucose, fasting insulin, HOMA-IR Homeostatic Model Assessment for Insulin Resistance measurement, HbA1C hemoglobin A1c. Bolded values represent statistically significant Pearson correlations for linear trend (p < 0.05).
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