title: The sociodemographic characteristics, periodontal health status, and subgingival microbiota of patients with chronic periodontitis and type 2 diabetes mellitus: a case-control study in a Chinese population.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In China, chronic periodontitis (CP) is common in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The purpose of this study is to identify the sociodemographic characteristics associated with such patients and to assess the periodontal health status and subgingival microbiota of patients with CP and T2DM (T2DMCP) in the Chinese population.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 150 patients with T2DMCP and 306 patients with CP without any systemic disease completed questionnaires, underwent clinical periodontal examinations and participated in diabetes-related parameter examinations. Subgingival plaques were obtained to determine the prevalence and amounts of selected oral bacterial species using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and real-time PCR, respectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The income level and mean body mass index (BMI) of the patients with T2DMCP were significantly higher than those of the patients with CP. Additionally, the patients with T2DMCP were more likely to be urban residents, and they had significantly more severe periodontitis than did the patients with CP. In the patients with T2DMCP, the prevalence and amounts of Treponema denticola and Tannerella forsythia were significantly higher than those in the patients with CP. Finally, compared with the patients with CP, the patients with T2DMCP had a significantly lower prevalence and amount of Prevotella intermedia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Compared with the patients with CP, the patients with T2DMCP were more likely to be urban residents and generally had higher incomes, higher mean BMI, and poorer periodontal health status. Higher levels of T. denticola and T. forsythia and lower levels of P. intermedia were identified in the subgingival plaque of the patients with T2DMCP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics, School of Stomatology, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jingbo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Lisi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Fengxue
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Geng
authors.forename: Dongmei
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yaping
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pan
mesh_terms: D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D058491:Bacterial Load; D001439:Bacteroides / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002681:China; D055113:Chronic Periodontitis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000382:microbiology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D005881:Gingiva / Q000382:microbiology*; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010512:Periodontal Index; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D018713:Prevotella intermedia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012423:Rural Health; D012907:Smoking; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D048373:Treponema denticola / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014504:Urban Health
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D004269:DNA, Bacterial