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Gender differences in the association between metabolic syndrome and periodontal disease: the Hisayama Study.

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Aims

Periodontal disease and metabolic syndrome (MS) are more prevalent in males than in females. However, whether there is a gender difference in the association between these health conditions has not yet been investigated. This study examined the gender difference in this association, considering the definition of periodontal disease.

Materials and methods

We recruited 1040 males and 1330 females, aged ?40 years, with at least ten teeth from subjects of the 2007 Hisayama health examination. We performed a logistic regression analysis with various definitions of periodontal disease the dependent variable and MS as the independent variable. Following the analysis, the data were reanalysed with the structural equations model.

Results

The logistic regression analysis suggested a stronger association between periodontal disease and MS in females than that in males when periodontal disease was more severely defined. When we constructed the structural equations model in each gender, the model showed a good fit to the data of females, suggesting the association between periodontal disease and MS in females, but not in males.

Conclusions

Gender differences seem to exist in the association between periodontal disease and MS; MS might show a stronger association with periodontal disease in females than in males.

SUBMITTER: Furuta M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3807558 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Gender differences in the association between metabolic syndrome and periodontal disease: the Hisayama Study.

Furuta Michiko M Shimazaki Yoshihiro Y Takeshita Toru T Shibata Yukie Y Akifusa Sumio S Eshima Nobuoki N Kiyohara Yutaka Y Ninomiya Toshiharu T Hirakawa Yoichiro Y Mukai Naoko N Nagata Masaharu M Yamashita Yoshihisa Y

Journal of clinical periodontology 20130801 8

<h4>Aims</h4>Periodontal disease and metabolic syndrome (MS) are more prevalent in males than in females. However, whether there is a gender difference in the association between these health conditions has not yet been investigated. This study examined the gender difference in this association, considering the definition of periodontal disease.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>We recruited 1040 males and 1330 females, aged ≥40 years, with at least ten teeth from subjects of the 2007 Hisayama health ...[more]

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Project description:Metabolic syndrome, a cluster of 3 or more risk factors for cardiovascular disease, is associated with periodontal disease, but few studies have been prospective in design. This study's aim was to determine whether metabolic syndrome predicts tooth loss and worsening of periodontal disease in a cohort of 760 men in the Department of Veterans Affairs Dental Longitudinal Study and Normative Aging Study who were followed up to 33 y from 1981 to 2013. Systolic and diastolic blood pressures were measured with a standard mercury sphygmomanometer. Waist circumference was measured in units of 0.1 cm following a normal expiration. Fasting blood samples were measured in duplicate for glucose, triglyceride, and high-density lipoprotein. Calibrated periodontists served as dental examiners. Periodontal outcome events on each tooth were defined as progression to predefined threshold levels of probing pocket depth (?5 mm), clinical attachment loss (?5 mm), mobility (?0.5 mm), and alveolar bone loss (?40% of the distance from the cementoenamel junction to the root apex, on radiographs). Hazards ratios (95% confidence intervals) of tooth loss or a periodontitis event were estimated from tooth-level extended Cox proportional hazards regression models that accounted for clustering of teeth within individuals and used time-dependent status of metabolic syndrome. Covariates included age, education, smoking status, plaque level, and initial level of the appropriate periodontal disease measure. Metabolic syndrome as defined by the International Diabetes Federation increased the hazards of tooth loss (1.39; 1.08 to 1.79), pocket depth ?5 mm (1.37; 1.14 to 1.65), clinical attachment loss ?5 mm (1.19; 1.00 to 1.41), alveolar bone loss ?40% (1.25; 1.00 to 1.56), and tooth mobility ?0.5 mm (1.43; 1.07 to 1.89). The number of positive metabolic syndrome conditions was also associated with each of these outcomes. These findings suggest that the metabolic disturbances that comprise the metabolic syndrome may play a role in the development or worsening of periodontitis.

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Gender differences in the association between metabolic syndrome and periodontal disease: the Hisayama Study.

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Materials and methods

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Gender differences in the association between metabolic syndrome and periodontal disease: the Hisayama Study.

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