Gum disease linked to cognitive decline in AD
December 7, 2016…he community (Raybould et al. PLoS One 2016;11:e0151081, free full text at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4786266/pdf/pone.0151081.pdfAbstract). Subjects were assessed at baseline and at 6 months. The primary outcome measure was change from baseline in ADAS-cog. Blood samples were obtained for C-reactive protein (CRP) inflammatory cytokines (tumour necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-10), and antibodies to Porphyromonas gingivalis, a Gram-neg…