Association between periodontitis and the risk of palindromic rheumatism: A nationwide, population-based, case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the association between a history of periodontitis (PD) and the risk of incident palindromic rheumatism (PR).

Methods

Using a nationwide, administrative database, this study identified 4,421 newly-diagnosed PR cases from 2007 to 2012 and randomly selected 44,210 non-PR controls matched (1:10) for sex, age and the year of the index date. After adjusting for comorbid diabetes mellitus, we estimated the odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) using conditional logistic regression analysis to quantify the association between a history of PD and the risk of PR. The influences of the lag time and severity of PD were examined by calculating ORs for subgroups of patients based on the time interval between the last PD-related visit and the index da

SUBMITTER: Lin CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5542542 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature