About the Authors

Adrien Boillot

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, Service of Odontology, Rothschild Hospital, AP-HP, Paris 7 - Denis Diderot University, U.F.R. of Odontology, Paris, France

Bechara El Halabi

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, Service of Odontology, Rothschild Hospital, AP-HP, Paris 7 - Denis Diderot University, U.F.R. of Odontology, Paris, France

George David Batty

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Hélène Rangé

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, Service of Odontology, Rothschild Hospital, AP-HP, Paris 7 - Denis Diderot University, U.F.R. of Odontology, Paris, France

Sébastien Czernichow

Affiliations Department of Nutrition, Ambroise Paré Hospital, University Versailles St-Quentin, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, INSERM, U1018, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, Villejuif, France

Philippe Bouchard

phbouch@noos.fr

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, Service of Odontology, Rothschild Hospital, AP-HP, Paris 7 - Denis Diderot University, U.F.R. of Odontology, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AB SC PB. Analyzed the data: AB SC. Wrote the paper: AB BEH GDB HR SC PB. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: AB BEH GDB HR SC PB. Agreed with the manuscript's results and conclusions: AB BEH GDB HR SC PB. Collected data: AB BEH HR. Wrote the first draft of the paper: AB GDB SC PB.