title: [Periodontal disease in women in post-menopause and its relationship with osteoporosis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the relationship between periodontitis and osteoporosis, using a case-control study about periodontal status of postmenopausal women.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 99 postmenopausal women were divided into three groups: normal bone (Gn, n=45), osteopenia (Gpenia, n=31) and osteoporosis (Gporosis, n=23). The categorization of bone mass was measured by dual energy absorptiometry with X-rays in the lumbar spine (L2 - L4), by assessing bone mineral density. Clinical attachment level (CAL), gingival bleeding index (GI), plaque index (PI), and probing depth (PD) were determined in all participants by a single examiner. The data were submitted to BioEstat 2.0 software through parametric analysis of variance (ANOVA) and the Bonferroni test, with the level of significance set at 5%.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Women with osteoporosis presented the highest percentage of periodontal disease, with higher average CAL (2.6±0.4 mm) and PD (2.8±0.6 mm), GI (72.8±25.9 mm) and PI (72.9±24.2 mm). Statistical analysis revealed a significant difference in periodontal situation between Gn and Gporosis (p=0,01) and between Gpenia and Gporosis (p=0,03).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Osteoporosis may have an influence on periodontal condition, based on the relation between periodontitis and osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.
authors: Universidade Federal do Maranhão - UFMA, São Luís, MA, Brasil.
authors: Lívia de Almeida Barros
authors: Lde A
authors: Bertulucci
authors: Flavia Maria Barros Guimarães
authors: FM
authors: Pereira
authors: Ana Emília Figueiredo
authors: AE
authors: de Oliveira
authors: Luciane Maria Oliveira
authors: LM
authors: Brito
authors: Fernanda Ferreira
authors: FF
authors: Lopes
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications*; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D017698:Postmenopause