Compromised periodontal status in an urban Sri Lankan population with type 2 diabetes.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the prevalence of periodontitis in an urban population of Sri Lankans with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and to compare the data with those from a population of adults without diabetes.


METHODS
Demographic data and a diabetes profile were recorded for a population of urban Sri Lankan adults with T2DM including duration of diabetes, blood pressure; percentage glycosylated haemoglobin, fasting blood glucose level, total cholesterol; triglycerides, low- and high-density lipoproteins. The clinical examination comprised an oral soft tissue examination, full-mouth probing depths (PD), gingival recession (GR), clinical attachment levels and bleeding on probing (BoP).


RESULTS
Two hundred and eighty-five individuals with T2DM and 72 controls were examined. 33.3% of T2DM patients were diagnosed with chronic periodontitis compared with 21.7% of controls (p=0.077). Subjects with T2DM had significantly more sites with PD>or=4 and >or=5 mm (p<0.01), and higher mean GR and BoP scores (p<0.01).


CONCLUSIONS
This urban Sri Lankan population of subjects with T2DM demonstrated a compromised periodontal status compared with non-diabetic controls.
Preshaw
Philip M
PM
School of Dental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
de Silva
Nimali
N
McCracken
Giles I
GI
Fernando
Devaka J S
DJ
Dalton
Caroline F
CF
Steen
Nick D
ND
Heasman
Peter A
PA
D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D055113:Chronic Periodontitis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016555:Matched-Pair Analysis; D008875:Middle Aged; D010512:Periodontal Index; D015995:Prevalence; D012016:Reference Values; D013188:Sri Lanka / Q000453:epidemiology