title: Periodontal Disease and Body Weight Assessment in Children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to assess body weight and periodontal disease development in obese and normal weight children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty-eight 5- to 10-year-old children participated in this study. Periodontal measurements included the visible plaque index (VPI), community periodontal index (CPI), and bleeding on probing (BOP). Complete periodontal examinations were performed in some children with CPI codes three and four. Anthropometric examination consisted of body mass index (BMI, kg/m2), which was adjusted by age according to percentiles. The groups were divided into children of normal weight (<small>N</small>=43, BMI less than 85 per age) and obese children (<small>N</small>=45, BMI greater than 97 per age).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results showed that the obesity group showed significant proportions of CPI codes one (44.2%) and three (7.4%), when compared with normal weight subjects (P<0.05). VPI was similar between both groups (P>0.05). BOP was higher in obese patients than in children with normal weight (P<0.05). CPI zero was more prevalent in normal weight subjects (62.6%, P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Obese children seem to be more susceptible to periodontal disease.
authors.affiliation: Associate professor, in the Department Dental Sciences, School of Dentistry, in São Paulo, Brazil;, Email: elizangelazuza@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Elizangela Partata
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Zuza
authors.affiliation: Dentist in private practice, in São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Laura Alves Machado
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Nascimento
authors.affiliation: Statistician, Department of Statistics, at the Educational Foundation of Barretos, Barretos, in São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sabrina Luzia
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Caetano
authors.affiliation: Assistant professor, in the Department Dental Sciences, School of Dentistry, in São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Eliane Marçon
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Barroso
authors.affiliation: Associate professor, in the Department Dental Sciences, School of Dentistry, in São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Benedicto Egbert Corrêa
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: de Toledo
authors.affiliation: Associate professor, Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Elizabeth Pimentel
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Rosetti
authors.affiliation: Associate professor, in the Department Dental Sciences, School of Dentistry, in São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Juliana Rico
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Pires
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D001938:Brazil; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003774:Dental Plaque Index; D005260:Female; D005882:Gingival Diseases; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications*; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D010512:Periodontal Index; D010514:Periodontal Pocket