[Correlation between hyperglycemia levels and periodontitis in 545 officeholders in Nantong city]
1Department of Periodontology, Nantong Stomatology Hospital. Nantong 226001, Jiangsu Province, China.E-mail:amandanne@163.com.
Purpose:
To identify the relationship between hyperglycemia levels and periodontitis by investigating the levels of hyperglycemia and periodontal conditions of officeholders in Nantong city.
Methods:
From January 2013 to January 2014, 545 officeholders were randomly selected in Nantong City who underwent physical examination and divided into 2 groups: young of middle-aged adults(≤60 years) and old adults (>60 years). The data was analyzed with Chi-square test and multi-factors logistic regression by using SPSS 16.0 software package.
Results:
There was a significant correlation between blood glucose levels and periodontitis. Multi-factor Logistic regression analysis showed that in the whole population, smoking, age, blood glucose levels were significantly correlated with the degree of periodontitis (P<0.05). Smoking and low level of education were associated with periodontitis in young and middle-aged adults. In old people, blood glucose level more than 7.0 mmol/L and smoking were the risk factors for periodontitis.
Conclusions:
Hyperglycemia level is risk factor for periodontitis, which has an effect mainly on old adults.
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