Periodontal disease and incident prediabetes and diabetes: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To examine whether baseline periodontal disease is independently associated with incident prediabetes and incident diabetes in Hispanics/Latinos in the United States.

Materials and methods

This study examined 7827 individuals, 18-74 years of age without diabetes, from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. Participants received a full-mouth periodontal examination at baseline (2008-2011), and the disease was classified using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/American Academy of Periodontology case definitions. At Visit 2 (2014-2017), incident prediabetes and diabetes were assessed using multiple standard procedures including blood tests. Multivariable survey Poisson regressions estimated the rate ratio (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) o

SUBMITTER: Laniado N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8934300 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature