Physical activity, inflammatory biomarkers in gingival crevicular fluid and periodontitis.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the associations of physical activity with interleukin 1-beta (IL-1beta), C-reactive protein (CRP) and periodontitis and to investigate whether any relationship between physical activity and inflammatory mediators differs between periodontitis cases and non-cases.


METHODS
In this population-based case control study of Australians aged 18+ years, dentists conducted oral epidemiologic examinations identifying cases with moderate or severe periodontitis and periodontally healthy controls. Gingival crevicular fluid samples collected during examinations were analysed for inflammatory biomarkers. Subject-completed questionnaires assessed leisure-time physical activity. Exposure odds ratios (ORs) were estimated in multivariable logistic regression models adjusting for periodontitis risk indicators.


RESULTS
Of 751 subjects (359 cases, 392 controls), those meeting a prescribed threshold for leisure-time physical activity had lower adjusted odds of elevated IL-1beta: OR=0.69, (95% CI=0.50-0.94) and detectable CRP: OR=0.70 (0.50-0.98) than less active adults. Physical activity was not associated with periodontitis: OR=1.14 (0.80-1.62). Periodontitis modified the association between levels of physical activity and detectable CRP. Increasing quartiles of physically activity were associated with decreasing probability of detectable CRP, but the effect was limited to periodontitis cases and was not apparent among non-cases.


CONCLUSIONS
Leisure-time physical activity may protect against an excessive inflammatory response in periodontitis.
Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health, School of Dentistry, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia. anne.sanders@adelaide.edu.au
Anne E
AE
Sanders
Gary D
GD
Slade
Tracy R
TR
Fitzsimmons
Peter Mark
PM
Bartold
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology; D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D005883:Gingival Crevicular Fluid / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D005889:Gingival Recession / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D018836:Inflammation Mediators / Q000032:analysis*; D053583:Interleukin-1beta / Q000032:analysis; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000276:immunology*; D017622:Periodontal Attachment Loss / Q000453:epidemiology; D010514:Periodontal Pocket / Q000453:epidemiology; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology
D015415:Biomarkers; D018836:Inflammation Mediators; D053583:Interleukin-1beta; D002097:C-Reactive Protein