ArticleThe Saudi dental journal2025
Assessment of periodontitis as a predictive sign of occurrence of type-II diabetes mellitus.
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Abstract
This study aimed to affirm that periodontitis is a possible early sign of Diabetes Mellitus (DM), and to determine the incidence of undiagnosed Pre-Diabetes Mellitus (Pre-DM) and DM in patients with stage III or IV periodontitis. This is a case-control study. Patients with stage III/IV periodontitis with no previous history of DM were included. Patients with age less than 30 years, with a history of DM, current pregnancy, anemia, thalassemia, kidney disease or chronic liver disease were excluded. Patients with no periodontal clinical attachment loss were considered as control group. Information about known risk factors of DM was collected from all participants. Control group were matched with cases in terms of age and sex. Once all clinical periodontal parameters were collected clinically, all self-reported data was obtained and blood samples were collected and analyzed for HPLC HbA1c. There were 200 participants recruited (100 periodontitis: 100 non-periodontitis) with ratio of 1:1. In total, 101 individuals with abnormal HbA
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