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SEVERITY OF PERIODONTITIS AND METABOLIC SYNDROME: IS THERE AN ASSOCIATION?
Author
Gomes Filho, Isaac Suzart
Mercês, Magno Conceição das
Soares, Johelle de Santana Passos
Cruz, Simone Seixas da
Ladeia, Ana Marice Teixeira
Trindade, Soraya Castro
Cerqueira, Eneida de Moraes Marcílio
Coelho, Julita Maria Freitas
Monteiro, Fernanda Maria Marques
Barreto, Maurício Lima
Vianna, Maria Isabel Pereira
Costa, Maria da Conceição Nascimento
Seymour, Gregory John
Scannapieco, Frank A
Mercês, Magno Conceição das
Soares, Johelle de Santana Passos
Cruz, Simone Seixas da
Ladeia, Ana Marice Teixeira
Trindade, Soraya Castro
Cerqueira, Eneida de Moraes Marcílio
Coelho, Julita Maria Freitas
Monteiro, Fernanda Maria Marques
Barreto, Maurício Lima
Vianna, Maria Isabel Pereira
Costa, Maria da Conceição Nascimento
Seymour, Gregory John
Scannapieco, Frank A
Affilliation
Feira de Santana State University. Department of Health. Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil
Feira de Santana State University. Department of Health. Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil
Feira de Santana State University. Department of Health. Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil / Federal University of Bahia. Department of Preventive Dentistry. Salvador, BA, Brazil
Feira de Santana State University. Department of Health. Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil / Federal University of Bahia. Department of Preventive Dentistry. Salvador, BA, Brazil
Bahia Foundation for the Development of Sciences. Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Health. Salvador, BA, Brazil
Feira de Santana State University. Department of Health. Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil
Feira de Santana State University. Department of Health. Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil
Feira de Santana State University. Department of Biological Sciences. Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil
Feira de Santana State University. Department of Health. Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil
Federal University of Bahia. Public Health Institute Department of Epidemiology. Salvador, BA, Brazil
Federal University of Bahia. Department of Preventive Dentistry. Salvador, BA, Brazil
Federal University of Bahia. Public Health Institute Department of Epidemiology. Salvador, BA, Brazil
University of Otago. Faculty of Dentistry. Sir John Walsh Research Institute. Oral Molecular Immunopathology Research Group. Otago, New Zealand
University of Buffalo. Department of Oral Biology. Buffalo, NY
Feira de Santana State University. Department of Health. Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil
Feira de Santana State University. Department of Health. Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil / Federal University of Bahia. Department of Preventive Dentistry. Salvador, BA, Brazil
Feira de Santana State University. Department of Health. Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil / Federal University of Bahia. Department of Preventive Dentistry. Salvador, BA, Brazil
Bahia Foundation for the Development of Sciences. Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Health. Salvador, BA, Brazil
Feira de Santana State University. Department of Health. Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil
Feira de Santana State University. Department of Health. Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil
Feira de Santana State University. Department of Biological Sciences. Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil
Feira de Santana State University. Department of Health. Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil
Federal University of Bahia. Public Health Institute Department of Epidemiology. Salvador, BA, Brazil
Federal University of Bahia. Department of Preventive Dentistry. Salvador, BA, Brazil
Federal University of Bahia. Public Health Institute Department of Epidemiology. Salvador, BA, Brazil
University of Otago. Faculty of Dentistry. Sir John Walsh Research Institute. Oral Molecular Immunopathology Research Group. Otago, New Zealand
University of Buffalo. Department of Oral Biology. Buffalo, NY
Abstract
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a major factor for the occurrence of cardiovascular events. Causal factors for MetS are not well defined or yet unidentified. Preliminary investigations suggest that infections and inflammation may be involved in the etiology of this syndrome. This study aims to estimate the association between the severity of periodontitis (exposure) and MetS (outcome). Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 419
participants recruited from the Diabetes and Hypertensive
Treatment Center, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil. After administration
of a questionnaire, general and oral clinical examination
and laboratory tests were performed. Diagnosis of
periodontitis and MetS was performed according to various criteria.
The analysis of the effect of periodontitis on MetS used
logistic regression analysis with adjustment for confounders.
Results: The prevalence of periodontitis was found to be between
34.61% and 55.37%, depending on the classification
definitions used, and the prevalence of MetS ranged from
60.86% to 67.06%. In the group with periodontitis, 14.08%
had severe and 41.29% had moderate levels of periodontitis.
There was an association between severe periodontitis and
MetS after adjustment for sex, age, household density, alcoholic
beverage consumption, smoking habit, and cardiovascular
disease (odds ratio ORadjusted_6 = 2.11, 95% confidence
interval = 1.01 to 4.40, P = 0.05).
Conclusions: The results suggest that periodontitis is associated
with MetS, and that MetS prevalence is related to
severe periodontitis.
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