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Glucose Challenge Test Values And Periodontal Disease

Objective: There appears to be an association between periodontal disease and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).  In a cross-sectional study conducted in Sri Lanka, we evaluated the association between higher Glucose Challenge Test (GCT) values and periodontal parameters.  

Methods: In 190 pregnant women, we measured GCT values, periodontal disease parameters, and covariates.  

Results: Higher GCT values were significantly correlated with age as well as bleeding on probing - BOP (for both, r = 0.30, p = 0.003).  Women who had higher BOP values (greater than the 75thpercentile of the distribution) also had significantly higher GCT values (OR = 3.6; 95% CI = 1.3-10.1), a finding that remained significant even after controlling for age (OR = 3.5; 95% CI = 1.2-10.4).  The association between the percentage of sites with greater than 3 or 4mm pockets with GCT values were also significant after controlling for age, percentage of BOP, and pre-pregnancy BMI (p=0.002 and 0.0006, respectively). 

Conclusion: Pregnant women with more bleeding on probing and more sites with greater than 3 or 4mm pockets seem to have higher GCT values independent of potential confounders, findings that lend credibility to the association between periodontal disease and GDM.

IADR/AMER General Session
2014 IADR/AMER General Session (Cape Town, South Africa)
Cape Town, South Africa
2014
1052
Periodontal Research - Diagnosis / Epidemiology
  • Dasanayake, Ananda  ( New York University, New York, NY, USA )
  • Chhun, Nok  ( New York University, New York, NY, USA )
  • Ratnasoma, Dulip  ( NYU, New York, NY, USA )
  • Rajapakse, P. Sunethra  ( University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, N/A, Sri Lanka )
    • Poster Session
    Periodontal Disease and Systemic Diseases
    06/27/2014