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To the Editor: We recently noted a relation between obesity, which is a risk factor for various diseases, and periodontitis, which is a major cause of tooth loss in adults. We studied 241 apparently healthy dentulous Japanese subjects, 20 to 59 years of age (172 women and 69 men), who attended a health promotion program at Fukuoka Health Promotion Center from May 1995 to April 1997. Periodontal status was estimated by the Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs (CPITN).¹ Among the subjects, 145 had no periodontitis (normal gums or gingivitis, CPITN code 0 to 2; probing depth, 3.5 mm), and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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