Shearer DM, et al. - Researchers evaluated the correlations between periodontitis at ages 32 and 38 and a range of early cardiometabolic risk biomarkers at age 38. Results 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 that in the putative causal chain comprising systemic inflammation, cardiometabolic risk markers, and subsequent cardiovascular risk, there is no involvement of periodontitis