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

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

Correspondence: ^* corresponding author, shimadha{at}mbox.nc.kyushu-u.ac.jp

Recent studies have suggested that several systemic conditions—such as obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes—are related to periodontitis. The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between periodontitis and 5 components of metabolic syndrome—abdominal obesity, triglyceride level, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level, blood pressure, and fasting blood sugar level—in 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 = 2.6–16.4) and 4.2 (95% confidence interval = 1.2–14.8), 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 • periodontal disease • risk factor • epidemiology • Japanese women

Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 86, No. 3, 271-275 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/154405910708600314


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