Non-Cochrane · aetiology · PM41561951

A study on the association between smoking, periodontal inflammation and alveolar bone resorption in patients with chronic periodontitis based on biomarkers: a meta-analysis.

Li Bing, Xia Li, Liu Cui, et al. · Frontiers in medicine · 2025 · PubMed · doi:10.3389/fmed.2025.1666722

Findings

Population Patients with chronic periodontitis

10 findings

Smoking (smoker chronic periodontitis patients)Non-smoker chronic periodontitis patientsChitinase-3-like protein 1 (YKL-40) level in gingival crevicular fluid
Gingival crevicular fluid biomarker
MD 16.40 [-3.84, 36.64]
GRADE not reported
2 studies · 126 participants
Smoking (smoker chronic periodontitis patients)Non-smoker chronic periodontitis patientsInterleukin-17 (IL-17) level in gingival crevicular fluid
Gingival crevicular fluid biomarker
MD 94.62 [23.34, 165.90]
GRADE not reported
3 studies · 174 participants
Smoking (smoker chronic periodontitis patients)Non-smoker chronic periodontitis patientsHigh-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) level in gingival crevicular fluid
Gingival crevicular fluid biomarker
MD 6.02 [1.30, 10.73]
GRADE not reported
3 studies · 130 participants
Smoking (smoker chronic periodontitis patients)Non-smoker chronic periodontitis patientsIntercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) level in gingival crevicular fluid
Gingival crevicular fluid biomarker
MD 135.93 [48.91, 222.95]
GRADE not reported
2 studies · 114 participants
Smoking (smoker chronic periodontitis patients)Non-smoker chronic periodontitis patientsMatrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9) level in gingival crevicular fluid
Gingival crevicular fluid biomarker
MD 27.15 [5.94, 48.37]
GRADE not reported
3 studies · 812 participants
Smoking (smoker chronic periodontitis patients)Non-smoker chronic periodontitis patientsProcollagen type I N-terminal propeptide (PINP) level in gingival crevicular fluid
Gingival crevicular fluid biomarker
MD -4.35 [-10.71, 2.02]
GRADE not reported
2 studies · 114 participants
Smoking (smoker chronic periodontitis patients)Non-smoker chronic periodontitis patientsReceptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-B ligand (RANKL) level in gingival crevicular fluid
Gingival crevicular fluid biomarker
MD 1.49 [0.85, 2.14]
GRADE not reported
4 studies · 176 participants
Smoking (smoker chronic periodontitis patients)Non-smoker chronic periodontitis patientsOsteoprotegerin (OPG) level in gingival crevicular fluid
Gingival crevicular fluid biomarker
MD -1.52 [-2.98, -0.06]
GRADE not reported
4 studies · 176 participants
Smoking (smoker chronic periodontitis patients)Non-smoker chronic periodontitis patientsN-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen (NTX) level in gingival crevicular fluid
Gingival crevicular fluid biomarker
MD 9.03 [-6.75, 24.80]
GRADE not reported
2 studies · 549 participants
Smoking (smoker chronic periodontitis patients)Non-smoker chronic periodontitis patientsC-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen (CTX) level in gingival crevicular fluid
Gingival crevicular fluid biomarker
MD 14.56 [12.03, 17.09]
GRADE not reported
2 studies · 116 participants

Included primary studies 24

Open in Studies
StudyYearAlso included byOutcomes it informs hereTrial data
Ahmed 2022
matched by author and year (probable)
NRthis review onlyHigh-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) level in gingival crevicular fluidnot extracted yet
Alshahrani 2021
Association of Self-Rated Pain with Clinical Peri-Implant Parameters and Cytokine Profile in Smokers and Never Smokers with and without…
DOI:10.3390/app11125559
2021this review onlyHigh-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) level in gingival crevicular fluid; Interleukin-17 (IL-17) level in gingival crevicular fluidnot extracted yet
Bayan 2022
matched by author and year (probable)
NRthis review onlyInterleukin-17 (IL-17) level in gingival crevicular fluidnot extracted yet
Buduneli 2008
Saliva concentrations of RANKL and osteoprotegerin in smoker <i>versus</i> non‐smoker chronic periodontitis patients
DOI:10.1111/j.1600-051x.2008.01310.x
2008this review onlyOsteoprotegerin (OPG) level in gingival crevicular fluid; Receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-B ligand (RANKL) level in gingival crevicular fluidnot extracted yet
Buduneli 2008
Saliva concentrations of RANKL and osteoprotegerin in smoker versus non-smoker chronic periodontitis patients.
PMID:18727653
2008this review onlyOsteoprotegerin (OPG) level in gingival crevicular fluid; Receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-B ligand (RANKL) level in gingival crevicular fluidnot extracted yet
Buduneli 2009
Salivary and Plasma Levels of Toll‐Like Receptor 2 and Toll‐Like Receptor 4 in Chronic Periodontitis
DOI:10.1902/jop.2010.100467
2011this review onlyOsteoprotegerin (OPG) level in gingival crevicular fluid; Receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-B ligand (RANKL) level in gingival crevicular fluidnot extracted yet
Buduneli 2011
Salivary and plasma levels of Toll-like receptor 2 and Toll-like receptor 4 in chronic periodontitis.
PMID:21138350
2011this review onlyOsteoprotegerin (OPG) level in gingival crevicular fluid; Receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-B ligand (RANKL) level in gingival crevicular fluidnot extracted yet
Che 2012
MAEA rs6815464 polymorphism and periodontitis in postmenopausal Japanese females: A cross-sectional study
DOI:10.1016/j.archoralbio.2019.04.008
2019this review onlyN-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen (NTX) level in gingival crevicular fluidnot extracted yet
Che 2015
MAEA rs6815464 polymorphism and periodontitis in postmenopausal Japanese females: A cross-sectional study.
PMID:31005685
2019this review onlyN-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen (NTX) level in gingival crevicular fluidnot extracted yet
Çiğdem 2020
Salivary and serum markers of angiogenesis in periodontitis in relation to smoking
DOI:10.1007/s00784-020-03411-4
2020this review onlyIntercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) level in gingival crevicular fluid; Procollagen type I N-terminal propeptide (PINP) level in gingival crevicular fluidnot extracted yet
He 2016
The impact of smoking on levels of chronic periodontitis-associated biomarkers
DOI:10.1016/j.yexmp.2016.07.004
2016this review onlyMatrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9) level in gingival crevicular fluidnot extracted yet
He 2016
The impact of smoking on levels of chronic periodontitis-associated biomarkers.
PMID:27450647
2016this review onlyMatrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9) level in gingival crevicular fluidnot extracted yet
Hussein (Bayan) 2022
Intracellular localization of certain photosynthetic enzymes in bundle sheath cells of plants possessing the C4 pathway of photosynthesis.
PMID:172022
1975this review onlyInterleukin-17 (IL-17) level in gingival crevicular fluidnot extracted yet
Hwang (Soo-Jeong) 2011
matched by author and year (probable)
NRthis review onlyMatrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9) level in gingival crevicular fluidnot extracted yet
Lappin 2007
Effect of smoking on serum RANKL and OPG in sex, age and clinically matched supportive‐therapy periodontitis patients
DOI:10.1111/j.1600-051x.2007.01048.x
2007this review onlyOsteoprotegerin (OPG) level in gingival crevicular fluid; Receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-B ligand (RANKL) level in gingival crevicular fluidnot extracted yet
Lappin 2007
Effect of smoking on serum RANKL and OPG in sex, age and clinically matched supportive-therapy periodontitis patients.
PMID:17378883
2007this review onlyOsteoprotegerin (OPG) level in gingival crevicular fluid; Receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-B ligand (RANKL) level in gingival crevicular fluidnot extracted yet
Lin 2017
Levels of high-mobility group box-1 in gingival crevicular fluid in nonsmokers and smokers with chronic periodontitis
DOI:10.1016/j.jfma.2017.01.006
2017this review onlyHigh-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) level in gingival crevicular fluid; Interleukin-17 (IL-17) level in gingival crevicular fluidnot extracted yet
Lin 2017
Levels of high-mobility group box-1 in gingival crevicular fluid in nonsmokers and smokers with chronic periodontitis.
PMID:28209360
2017this review onlyHigh-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) level in gingival crevicular fluidnot extracted yet
Ningombam 2023
Unpacking the mysteries of puberty among school going adolescents in district of East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya
DOI:10.1515/ijamh-2022-0081
2022this review onlyC-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen (CTX) level in gingival crevicular fluidnot extracted yet
Ningombam 2023
Unpacking the mysteries of puberty among school going adolescents in district of East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
PMID:36525648
2023this review onlyC-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen (CTX) level in gingival crevicular fluidnot extracted yet
Soo-Jeong 2011
matched by author and year (probable)
NRthis review onlyMatrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9) level in gingival crevicular fluidnot extracted yet
Yilmaz Sastim (Cigdem) 2021
Salivary and serum markers of angiogenesis in periodontitis in relation to smoking.
PMID:32643086
2021this review onlyIntercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) level in gingival crevicular fluid; Procollagen type I N-terminal propeptide (PINP) level in gingival crevicular fluidnot extracted yet
Yucel (Zeynep) 2020
Thymidine kinase in brain-tumor cysts.
PMID:4032021
1985this review onlyChitinase-3-like protein 1 (YKL-40) level in gingival crevicular fluidnot extracted yet
Zeynep 2020
matched by author and year (probable)
NRthis review onlyChitinase-3-like protein 1 (YKL-40) level in gingival crevicular fluidnot extracted yet

Review question

ElementPlanned (methods)Found (results)
PopulationPatients with chronic periodontitisPatients with chronic periodontitis (n=1653)
InterventionSmoking (smoker chronic periodontitis patients)Smokers (n=893)
ComparisonNon-smoker chronic periodontitis patientsNon-smokers (n=760)
OutcomesBiomarkers of periodontal inflammation and alveolar bone resorption in gingival crevicular fluidGCF ICAM-1, HMGB1, IL-17, YKL-40, PINP, NTX, CTX, OPG, RANKL, MMP-9 (2 to 4 studies each)
Study designsObservational studies; non-Chinese-language literature; published January 2005 to January 2023Observational studies, cohort and case-control (13 studies)
TimingNot specifiedNot specified