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ArticleJournal of Indian Society of Periodontology

Evaluation of serum interleukin-10 levels as a predictor of glycemic alteration in chronic periodontitis and type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Anirudh Balakrishna Acharya, Srinath Thakur, Mahadevayya Veerayya Muddapur

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Article in Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anirudh Balakrishna AcharyaDepartment of Periodontics, S.D.M. College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Dharwad, Karnataka, India.
Srinath ThakurDepartment of Periodontics, S.D.M. College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Dharwad, Karnataka, India.
Mahadevayya Veerayya MuddapurDepartment of Periodontics, S.D.M. College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Dharwad, Karnataka, India.
Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Dental Sciences & Hospital · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimChronic periodontal disease (CPD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) share common pathogenic pathways. This study aimed to estimate levels of serum interleukin (IL-10), an anti-inflammatory cytokine also associated with T2DM and evaluate its association with hyperglycemia. MATERIALS AND

methodsThis investigation involved sixty participants divided into four groups comprising 15 participants each: Group 1 (healthy controls), Group 2 (CPD patients), Group 3 (T2DM patients with CPD) and Group 4 (T2DM patients). Plaque index, gingival index, probing pocket depths (PPD), clinical attachment loss, bleeding on probing, random blood sugar, glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), and serum IL-10 was measured.

resultsInterleukin-10 was detected in all four groups. Statistically significant (P < 0.05) differences were observed in most of the variables in all groups. IL-10 correlated significantly with PPD in Group 1 and with HbA1c in Group 4. IL-10 regressed with PPD in Group 1 and with HbA1c in Group 4. IL-10 levels were lower in Group 3 when compared with Group 4 and was lowest in Group 2.

conclusionLow IL-10 levels associated with high HbA1c. Pathogenic mechanisms of CPD seem to regulate IL-10. Serum IL-10 levels may be one of the predictors of glycemia.

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Chronic periodontitisdiabetes mellitusglycosylatedhemoglobin Ainterleukin-10type 2

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