Relationship between Community Periodontal Index and Fecal Hemoglobin Concentration, an Indicator for Colorectal Neoplasm.

ABSTRACT: Periodontal disease and colorectal cancer have inflammatory processes in common. It is therefore worthwhile to investigate whether there is an association between periodontal probing depth and fecal hemoglobin concentration (FHbC), an indicator of colorectal neoplasms, in 40- to 44-year-old Taiwanese. We enrolled a total of 6,214 attendees aged 40 to 44 yr who were participating in a community-based integrated screening program and who received both periodontal and FHbC examinations between 2003 and 2008. A proportional odds logistic regression model was used to estimate the odds ratios of different FHbC levels in treating an increased level of community periodontal index (CPI) measuring periodontal probing depth as ordinary data from 0 to 4. Periodontal probing depth with the order of CPI

SUBMITTER: Yen AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4293761 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature