The non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio as a novel marker for periodontitis risk: A cross-sectional study in NHANES 2009-2014.

Researchers examined whether the ratio of non-high-density to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol associates with periodontitis risk in a national sample of over 9,500 adults, finding higher ratios linked to increased periodontitis odds, though a predictive model showed only modest discriminative ability.

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