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Kevin Moss

School of Dentistry
Verified email at unc.edu
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Progressive periodontal disease and risk of very preterm delivery

…, S Lieff, RG McKaig, SM Mauriello, KL Moss… - Obstetrics & …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: The goal was to estimate whether maternal periodontal disease was predictive
of preterm (less than 37 weeks) or very preterm (less than 32 weeks) births. METHODS: A …

Periodontal disease is associated with renal insufficiency in the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities (ARIC) study

AV Kshirsagar, KL Moss, JR Elter, JD Beck… - American journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
Background: Periodontitis, a chronic bacterial infection of the oral cavity, is a novel risk factor
for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD). Given the numerous shared risk factors …

[HTML][HTML] Periodontal disease adversely affects the survival of patients with end-stage renal disease

AV Kshirsagar, RG Craig, KL Moss, JD Beck… - Kidney international, 2009 - Elsevier
Periodontal disease is associated with cardiovascular disease and is thought to accelerate
systemic atherosclerosis. Here we examined the relationship between periodontitis and …

Genome-wide association study of biologically informed periodontal complex traits offers novel insights into the genetic basis of periodontal disease

…, K Divaris, SP Barros, KL Moss… - Human molecular …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of chronic periodontitis (CP) defined by clinical
criteria alone have had modest success to-date. Here, we refine the CP phenotype by …

Antibodies to periodontal organisms are associated with decreased kidney function: the dental atherosclerosis risk in communities study

AV Kshirsagar, S Offenbacher, KL Moss, SP Barros… - Blood purification, 2006 - karger.com
Background/Aims: Increasing evidence suggests that clinical signs of periodontal disease are
independently associated with renal impairment. However, no studies have examined the …

Clinical risk factors associated with incidence and progression of periodontal conditions in pregnant women

KL Moss, JD Beck, S Offenbacher - Journal of clinical …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: Few large studies have investigated the progression of periodontal conditions
during pregnancy in a comprehensive manner. This study aimed to identify clinical factors that …

Periodontal profile class is associated with prevalent diabetes, coronary heart disease, stroke, and systemic markers of C‐reactive protein and interleukin‐6

JD Beck, KL Moss, T Morelli… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background This paper focuses on the Periodontal Profile Class (PPC) System that may be
more informative and representative of periodontitis phenotypes than current case definitions …

[HTML][HTML] GWAS for Interleukin-1β levels in gingival crevicular fluid identifies IL37 variants in periodontal inflammation

…, Y Jiao, SJ Kim, J Marchesan, KL Moss, L Jing… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
There is no agnostic GWAS evidence for the genetic control of IL-1β expression in periodontal
disease. Here we report a GWAS for “high” gingival crevicular fluid IL-1β expression …

Using genetics to test the causal relationship of total adiposity and periodontitis: Mendelian randomization analyses in the Gene-Lifestyle Interactions and Dental …

…, DW McNeil, O Melander, KL Moss… - International journal …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background: The observational relationship between obesity and periodontitis is widely
known, yet causal evidence is lacking. Our objective was to investigate causal associations …

Derivation and validation of the periodontal and tooth profile classification system for patient stratification

T Morelli, KL Moss, J Beck, JS Preisser… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background: The goal of this study is to use bioinformatics tools to explore identification and
definition of distinct periodontal and tooth profile classes (PPCs/TPCs) among a cohort of …