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Published on: January 21, 2020
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Periodontitis: Bidirectional Association in Population-based 15-year Retrospective
Wu-Chien Chien1,2, Earl Fu3,4, Chi-Hsiang Chung1,2
1Department of Medical Research, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 11490, Taiwan, ROC.
Objective:
A two-way relationship between periodontitis and diabetes has been proposed. However, bidirectional epidemiological observation is limited and inconsistent.
Objective:
Using the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan (covering over 99% of the entire population), we aimed to estimate the development of diabetes in periodontitis patients or that of periodontitis in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), respectively.
Methods:
A total of 11 011 patients with severe periodontitis were recruited from 2000 to 2015. After matching by age, sex, and index date, 11 011 patients with mild periodontitis and 11 011 non-periodontitis controls were registered. Additionally, 157 798 patients with T2DM and 157 798 non-T2DM controls were enrolled, in whom the development of periodontitis was traced. Cox proportional hazards model was performed.
Results:
Periodontitis patients tended to have a statistically high risk for T2DM. The adjusted hazard ratio was 1.94 (95% CI, 1.49-2.63, P < .01) and 1.72 (95% CI, 1.24-2.52, P < .01) for severe and mild periodontitis groups, respectively. The patients with severe periodontitis had a higher risk of having T2DM relative to those with mild periodontitis (1.17 [95% CI, 1.04-1.26, P < .001]). Conversely, the risk of periodontitis increased significantly in patients with T2DM (1.99 [95% CI, 1.42-2.48, P < .01]). However, high risk was observed for the outcome of severe periodontitis (2.08 [95% CI, 1.50-2.66, P < .001]), but not for mild periodontitis (0.97 [95% CI, 0.38-1.57, P = .462]).
Conclusion:
We suggest that the bidirectional association is between T2DM and severe but not mild periodontitis.
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