High Waist Circumference Obesity has a Greater Association with Periodontitis among a Chinese Population

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Mengming Zhao Zhi Jia Dayong Liu Hailin Wu Hongyan Yin Jingwen Liu Meirui Wang Xingyu Niu Yaqiong Wang

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Dayong Liu
Department of Endodontics, Tianjin Medical University School of Stomatology, Tianjin, 300070, China

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Recent studies have reported a relationship between obesity and periodontitis, but few have investigated this association in China. This present study probes the relationship between obesity and periodontitis within a population of China. A total of 582 Chinese subjects were analyzed with fifty-three excluded. All participants underwent a periodontal assessment, anthropometric measurements and completed a questionnaire. Periodontal status was evaluated with the Community Periodontal Index. Body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) were used as measures of overall body fat and upper body fat, respectively. Data from young and elderly subjects were analyzed separately. Though there was no association between BMI and periodontitis, the risk for periodontitis was increased by 5.1% per 1-cm increase in WC (OR=1.051, 95%CI: 1.025-1.079, P<0.05). Within this population in China, abdominal obesity was significantly associated with an increased prevalence, severity, and extent of periodontitis, suggesting that individuals with high WC circumference obesity should pay more attention to their periodontal health.

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Research Article

Publication history

Received: Sat 19, May 2018
Accepted: Wed 06, Jun 2018
Published: Fri 15, Jun 2018

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© 2023 Dayong Liu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.DOBCR.2018.02.002