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Published in final edited form as: Periodontol 2000. 2022 Mar 4;89(1):99–113. doi: 10.1111/prd.12422

TABLE 2.

Summary of literature on the correlation between periodontal attachment loss and systemic BMD

Study Year Sample size Periodontitis determinant Osteoporosis determinant Age (year) Patient population Correlation between CAL and BMD
Mashalkar et al39 2018 94 CAL > 5 mm on 30% site DXA spine 45–60 Postmenopausal women Yes
Passos-Soares et al40 2017 492 PD > 5 mm with CAL > 6 mm None 66.6 ± 7.4 Postmenopausal women Yes (osteoporosis treatment with CAL)
Penoni et al41 2016 134 PD > 5 mm with CAL > 6 mm DXA femur, spine 69.8 ± 3.9 Postmenopausal women Yes
Juluri et al42 2015 100 CAL, PD DXA spine 60.2 ± 2.1 Postmenopausal women Yes
Singh et al43 2014 78 PD, CAL, tooth loss DXA femur, spine 46–54 Postmenopausal women Yes (CAL and PD), No (tooth loss)
Tak et al44 2014 2990 CAL, tooth loss DXA femur, spine 64 ± 8 Postmenopausal women Yes (spine BMD only)
Gondim et al45 2013 148 tooth loss, CAL DXA femur, spine 58.9 ± 4.3 Postmenopausal women Yes
Passos et al46 2013 521 PD>5mm with CAL>6mm DXA femur, spine 60.6 ± 7.3 Postmenopausal women Yes
Iwasaki et al47 2013 397 CAL, tooth loss, BOP DXA femur, spine 68.2 Postmenopausal women Yes
Marjanovic et al48 2013 380 PD > 5.5 mm or CAL > 7 mm DXA femur, spine 58 ± 4.7 Postmenopausal women No
Moeintaghavi et al49 2013 60 PD, CAL, tooth loss DXA femur, spine 50.8–56 Postmenopausal women No
Grocholewicz et al50 2012 37 CAL, tooth loss DXA femur, spine, and forearm 59.4 ± 5.6 Postmenopausal women Yes
Al Habashneh et al51 2010 400 PD > 5 mm with CAL > 6 mm DXA femur, spine 62.5 ± 6.4 Postmenopausal women Yes
Nicopoulou et al63 2009 665 tooth loss DXA spine, femur 45–70 Mixed Yes
Brennan et al18 2007 1329 CAL DXA spine, femur, forearm 66.6 ± 7.0 Postmenopausal women Yes (without subgingival calculus)
Gomes-Filho et al52 2007 139 PD > 4 mm with CAL > 3 mm DXA femur, spine 58.8 ± 6.4 Postmenopausal women Yes
Taguchi et al53 2004 1298 tooth loss DXA femur, spine 70.8 ± 9 Mixed Yes (femur BMD only)
Mohammad et al54 2003 30 tooth loss; CAL DXA calcenaous 63.4 ± 8.6 Postmenopausal women Yes
Pilgram et al55 2002 135 PD, CAL DXA femur, spine 41–70 Postmenopausal women No (weak)
Lundstrom et al56 2001 36 BOP; PD; recession; DXA femur 70 Mixed No
Tezal et al24 2000 70 CAL, PD, BOP DXA femur, spine 62.1 ± 7.1 Postmenopausal women No
Weyant et al57 1999 293 CAL, PD, BOP DXA femur and spine; 75.5 ± 4.4 Mixed No
Taguchi et al25 1999 90 tooth loss CT spine 54.1 ± 7.4 62 postmenopausal Yes (posterior teeth only)
Mohammad et al58 1997 44 tooth loss; CAL; PD DXA spine 65.2 ± 1.6 Postmenopausal women Yes (CAL) No (PD and tooth loss)
Hildebolt et al59 1997 135 tooth loss; CAL; PD DXA femur, spine 59 ± 6.2 Mixed No
Mohammad et al60 1996 42 CAL; recession DXA spine 68 ± 6.8 Postmenopausal women Yes (gingival recession)
Krall et al64 1996 189 tooth loss DXA femur, spine 60 ± 6 Postmenopausal women Yes
May et al65 1995 874 tooth loss DXA femur, spine 65–76 Mixed Yes in men, No in women

Abbreviations: BOP, bleeding on probing; CAL, clinical attachment loss; DXA, dual energy X-ray absorptiometry; PD, probing depth.