A survey on periodontal status of patients with metabolic syndrome in a Beijing community / 实用口腔医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To survey the periodontal status of patients with metabolic syndrome in a Beijing community,so as to evaluate the relationship between periodontal status and metabolic syndrome.Methods:152 metabolic syndrome(MS)patients,106 post-acute myocardial infarction patients,211 hypertension patients and 56 healthy subjects were involved.Mesial buccal and distal lingual sites per tooth were examined.The periodontal status including plaque index(PLI),bleeding index(BI),probing depth(PD)and attachment loss(AL)as well as missing teeth number were recorded.Results:In male patients,PLI,BI and PD in MS group were higher than that in the other three groups although the mean age and smoking percentage of MS group were the lowest(P