26 January 2025 : Clinical Research
Impact of Periodontal Treatment on Early Rheumatoid Arthritis and the Role of Porphyromonas gingivalis Antibody Titers
Yoichiro Nakajima
1ABCDEF, Nahoko Kato-Kogoe 1ABCDEF*, Takako Yasuda2ABC, Rika Urakawa2BC, Tomoka Matsuo1DF, Michi Omori1BDF, Takaaki Ueno1ADEF, Tohru Takeuchi3ADE
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.947146
Med Sci Monit 2025; 31:e947146
Figure 3 DAS28-CRP improvement from baseline to 3 months in each group with different timing of periodontal treatment initiation. Box plots represent the DAS28-CRP improvement from baseline to 3 months in Groups A, B, and C. * P<0.05, ** P<0.01, compared with Group A (Kruskal-Wallis test followed by Mann-Whitney U test with Bonferroni correction). DAS28-CRP; disease activity score including 28 joints using C-reactive protein. Created using Microsoft Excel 2016 and PowerPoint 2016 (Microsoft, Redmond, WA, USA).