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This study aimed to investigate salivary metabolomic profiles in diabetic individuals with and without periodontitis to identify candidate metabolites associated with periodontitis in patients with diabetes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This pilot study compared salivary\n                      <jats:sup>1<\/jats:sup>\n                      H NMR metabolomic profiles of patients with diabetes with and without periodontitis (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200913 per group). Unstimulated whole saliva was collected from both groups. Partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) was applied to differentiate between the groups. Spectral variables with VIP\u2009&gt;\u20091 were selected for metabolite annotation, followed by metabolite set enrichment analysis (MSEA) to identify dysregulated metabolic pathways.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Using the PLS-DA model, a total of 78 discriminating variables were identified, leading to the annotation of ten key metabolites: glycolic acid, thymidine, tyramine, deoxyguanosine, cytidine, uridine, NADPH, ADP, serotonin, and nicotinate. MSEA revealed significant pathway disturbances, with pyrimidine metabolism emerging as a notably enriched pathway.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The metabolomics study of saliva using\n                      <jats:sup>1<\/jats:sup>\n                      H NMR showed distinct metabolic disturbances, particularly in pyrimidine metabolism, in diabetic periodontitis. 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