Shearer DM, et al. - Authors evaluated the associations between periodontitis at ages 32 and 38 and a range of early cardiometabolic risk biomarkers at age 38. Findings did not suggest an association of periodontitis with markers of cardiometabolic risk at this relatively early stage in the life course. They noted a possibility of any influence of periodontitis on cardiometabolic health to develop later in life, or non involvement of periodontitis in the putative causal chain comprising systemic inflammation, cardiometabolic risk markers, and subsequent cardiovascular risk.