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Education as a Predictor of Chronic Periodontitis: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis Population-Based Studies 1 1 4 ´ ` ´ 1 ´ 2,3 Adrien Boillot , Bechara El Halabi , George David Batty , Helene Range , Sebastien Czernichow , Philippe Bouchard1* 1 Department of Periodontology, Service of Odontology, Rothschild Hospital, AP-HP, Paris 7 - Denis Diderot University, U.F.R. of Odontology, Paris, France, 2 Department ´ of Nutrition, Ambroise Pare Hospital, University Versailles St-Quentin, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, 3 INSERM, U1018, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, Villejuif, France, 4 Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom Abstract Background: The impact of socioeconomic inequalities on health is well-documented. Despite the links of periodontal disease with cardiovascular diseases, adverse pregnancy outcomes and diabetes, no meta-analysis of socioeconomic variations in periodontal disease exists. This meta-analytic review was conducted to determine the extent to which education attainment influences risk of periodontitis in adults aged 35+ years in the general population. Methods: The authors searched studies published until November 2010 using EMBASE and MEDLINE databases. References listed were then scrutinised, our own files were checked, and, finally, we contacted experts in the field. The authors included only general population-based studies conducted in adults aged 35 years and more. All articles were blind reviewed by two investigators. In the case of disagreement, a third inve