Title

Linking periodontal disease with obesity and blood glucose

Authors

1,*Ena Sharma, ²Deepak Sharma, ³Amit Lakhani, ¹Ankit Mahajan & ¹Rasveen Kaur

Affiliation

¹Maharishi Markandeshwar College of Dental Sciences and Hospital Mullana, Ambala Haryana, India; ²HP Government Dental College, Himachal Pradesh, India; ³BR Ambedkar State Institute of Medical Sciences

Email

Ena Sharma - E-mail: dr.sharma_ena@yahoo.co.in; Phone: +91 8284855768; Deepak Sharma - Email: deepakrajdoctor@gmail.com; Amit Lakhani - E-mail: dramitlakhani@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9882382325; Ankit Mahajan - Email: drankit004@gmail.com; Rasveen Kaur - E-mail: dr.rasveenkaur@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received June 3, 2021; Revised July 19, 2021; Accepted July 19, 2021, Published July 31, 2021

It is of interest to evaluate the association of obesity and blood glucose level with periodontitis. Patients (150 with age range 26-68 years) were included based on WHO obesity criteria, undiagnosed for periodontitis, with Body Mass Index (BMI) ≥ 30 and systemically healthy. These patients underwent periodontal examination followed by blood analysis for lipid profile and blood sugar level. The periodontal status was determined using parameters such as Plaque index (PI), gingival index (GI), Probing depth (PPD) and Clinical attachment loss (CAL). 103 (68.7%) patients had >190 of triglyceride values. Data shows that periodontitis has no statistical significance with total cholesterol, HDL, LDL and moderate significance with VLDL, triglycerides. Glycemic control of the patients is assessed using postprandial blood sugar (PPBS) and Fasting Blood Sugar (FBS). Data shows that 129(86.6%) had FBS (mg/dl) <100 and 21 (14.0%) had FBS (mg/dl) >100. So the number of patients with FBS (mg/dl) < 100 were more i.e., 129 (86.6%). The PPBS values were
in 136 (90.7%) had PPBS (mg/dl) <140 and only 14(9.3%) had PPBS (mg/dl) >140 group of patients were said have glucose intolerance. Thus, there is no change in lipid profile with established periodontitis in obese individuals. However, altered glycemic control is observed.

Keywords

periodontal; disease; obesity; blood glucose

Citation

Sharma et al. Bioinformation 17(7): 691-698 (2021)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.