ArticleClinical oral investigations2022
The effect of obesity on periodontitis progression: the 10-year retrospective cohort study.
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- Insulin resistance as a mediator between obesity and periodontitis risk.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- The Potential Effect of Periodontal Disease on the Development of Metabolic Syndrome: A 10-Year Observational Study in a Thai Adult Cohort.Journal of clinical periodontology · 2025Observational
- Burden of periodontal diseases in young adults.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The Relationship Between Physical Activity Levels and Periodontal Health Status Among College Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2025Article
- Decreased bone mineral density is associated with an increased number of teeth with periodontitis progression: a 5-year retrospective cohort study.Clinical oral investigations · 2023Article
- Obesity Is Associated with the Severity of Periodontal Inflammation Due to a Specific Signature of Subgingival Microbiota.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Transcriptomic analysis reveals shared gene signatures and molecular mechanisms between obesity and periodontitis.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Article
- Periodontitis and implant complications in diabetes.Periodontology 2000 · 2022Review
- OralBiomedicines · 2022Article
- Novel Insight into the Mechanisms of the Bidirectional Relationship between Diabetes and Periodontitis.Biomedicines · 2022Review
- Does obesity directly correlate to periodontal disease, or could it be only one of the risk factors?Evidence-based dentistry · 2021Article
- The Link Between Periodontal Inflammation and Obesity.Current oral health reports · 2021Review
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Abstract
objectiveDue to inconsistent findings in limited previous cohort studies, the aim of this study was to estimate the obesity effect on periodontitis progression in Thai adults. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis 10-year retrospective cohort study comprised 2216 employees of the Electric Generation Authority of Thailand (EGAT). Their demographic, medical, and periodontal status was collected. Subjects with periodontitis progression were defined as having ≥ 2 teeth with progression. Additional proximal clinical attachment loss ≥ 3 mm or tooth loss with severe periodontitis at baseline were used to identify disease progression at the tooth level. Central obesity was classified using the waist-hip ratio. Multi-level Poisson regression was used to determine the effect of obesity on periodontitis progression by adjusting for age, sex, education, income, smoking, alcohol drinking, exercise, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension.
resultsThe cumulative incidence of periodontitis progression during the 10-year period was 59.6 cases per 100 persons (95% CI: 57.5, 61.6). The univariate analysis indicated that obese subjects had 15% higher risk of progression than that of healthy subjects. However, when confounders were analyzed simultaneously, the effect of obesity was not significant with a risk ratio of 0.98 (95% CI: 0.88, 1.08).
conclusionsDespite the higher incidence of disease progression in the obese, obesity is not an independent risk factor for periodontitis progression. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Obesity and periodontitis progression share many common risk factors. Using the obesity as a preliminary screening for periodontitis progression may be an alternative prevention protocol.
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