Longitudinal change in periodontal disease status linked with incident diabetes

Results:

• Overall, 111,611 subjects were included for analysis. During a median follow-up of 9.10 years, diabetes developed in 6,102 subjects.
• The adjusted hazard ratios (HR) for incident diabetes across various periodontal disease change groups (in reference to the PD-free group) were: periodontal disease -chronic group=1.096 periodontal disease -developed group=1.073; PD-recovered group=1.019
• The subjects who recovered from periodontal disease had a lower diabetes risk than those who had consistent periodontal disease, whereas those who developed periodontal disease had a higher risk for diabetes than those who remained periodontal disease -free.

Thus, longitudinal change in periodontal disease status is associated with incident diabetes risk. Future intervention studies are necessary to determine if periodontal disease treatment can prevent incident diabetes.

Reference:

Recovery from chronic periodontal disease is associated with lower risk for incident diabetes by Jung-Hyun Park et al. published in the Journal of Clinical Periodontology

https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpe.13687

Keywords:

Recovery, chronic, periodontal, disease, associated, lower, risk, incident, diabetes, jung-Hyun Park, Sun-Hyun Kim, Sun-Jong Kim, Jin-Woo Kim, Journal of Clinical Periodontology