Relationship of Metabolic Syndrome to Periodontal Disease in Japanese Women: The Hisayama Study

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Relationship of Metabolic Syndrome to Periodontal Disease in Japanese Women: The Hisayama Study
J Dent Res 86(3):271-275, 2007

Y. Shimazaki1,*, T. Saito1,2, K. Yonemoto3, Y. Kiyohara3, M. Iida4, and Y. Yamashita1
1 Department of Preventive Dentistry, Kyushu University Faculty of Dental Science, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan;
3 Department of Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan; and
4 Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

* corresponding author, shimadha@mbox.nc.kyushu-u.ac.jp

Recent studies have suggested that several systemic conditionsÛsuch as obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetesÛare related to periodontitis. The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between periodontitis and 5 components of metabolic syndromeÛabdominal obesity, triglyceride level, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level, blood pressure, and fasting blood sugar levelÛin 584 Japanese women. In multivariate analyses, persons exhibiting more components of metabolic syndrome had significantly higher odds ratios for a greater pocket depth and clinical attachment loss than did those with no components; the odds ratios for a greater pocket depth and clinical attachment loss of the persons exhibiting 4 or 5 components were 6.6 (95% confidence interval = 2.6Ò16.4) and 4.2 (95% confidence interval = 1.2Ò14.8), respectively. These results indicate that metabolic syndrome increases risk of periodontitis, and suggest that people exhibiting several components of metabolic syndrome should be encouraged to undergo a periodontal examination.

KEY WORDS: metabolic syndrome Ô periodontal disease Ô risk factor Ô epidemiology Ô Japanese women

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