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The composition of periodontal microbiota does not appear to be influenced by diabetes, according to the majority of the existing literature.³¹ Diabetics exhibit increased BOP, and this tendency increases as the level of diabetic control decreases.³² In a longitudinal study in Pima Indians, more than 2,200 subjects were enrolled and followed up for 2.5 years. The incidence of periodontitis was 2.6 times higher in diabetics compared with nondiabetics.³³ Similar findings were reported from an epidemiologic study of the same population, with diabetes increasing the risk for periodontal disease by three times.³⁴