title: Degree of gingivitis correlates to systemic inflammation parameters.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Investigation of interrelations between periodontal and systemic inflammatory parameters in periodontal health.
  
  
  METHODS
  40 periodontally healthy (probing pocket depths [PPD]<3.6 mm and from 3.6 mm to 4 mm without bleeding on probing [BOP]; up to 2 sites with a PPD from 3.6 mm to 5 mm and BOP or up to 4 sites with a PPD from 3.6 mm to 5 mm without BOP were accepted; BOP<or=14%) probands 23 to 44 years of age without any known actual infectious or inflammatory diseases were examined. Clinical parameters and blood samples were obtained. The blood was analyzed for C-reactive protein (CRP), elastase, and leukocyte counts. Regression models were calculated to explain the variation of the dependent variables serum CRP, elastase, and leukocytes (independent variables: sex, age, PCR, BOP, smoking, PPD).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The sample was characterized as: GBI: 2.9+/-2.0%; PCR: 14.9+/-8.2%; PPD: 2.0+/-0.2 mm; AL: 0.4+/-0.3 mm; BOP: 7.0+/-1.9%; leukocytes: 6.2+/-1.1/nl; (median/interquartile range) CRP: 0.062/0.04-0.107) mg/dl; elastase: 9.075/7.375-12.2 ng/ml. Inflammatory parameters were influenced by the following factors: CRP: female (p=0.008), PPD (p=0.15); elastase: female (p=0.002), PPD (p=0.005), BOP (p=0.141); leukocytes: female (p=0.061), pack years (p=0.061), PCR (p=0.082).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The levels of all investigated systemic inflammation parameters were higher in females than in males. Both serum CRP and elastase correlated even in periodontally healthy with mean PPD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, Center for Dental, Oral, and Maxillofacial Medicine (Carolinum), Hospital of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, Frankfurt, Germany.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wohlfeil
authors.forename: Jasmin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wehner
authors.forename: Beate
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schacher
authors.forename: Gerhard M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Oremek
authors.forename: Hildegund
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sauer-Eppel
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Eickholz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D005891:Gingivitis / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000097:blood*; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase / Q000097:blood*; D012044:Regression Analysis
chemical_list: D002097:C-Reactive Protein; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase