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- Title
Oral health status of low-income, middle-aged to elderly Hong Kong Chinese with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
- Authors
Leung, W. Keung; Shing-Chung-Siu; Chu, Frederick C. S.; Ka Wai Wong; Lijian Jin; Sham, Arthur S. K.; Tsang, C. S. Peter; Samaranayake, Lakshman P.; Siu, Shing-Chung; Wong, Ka Wai; Jin, Lijian
- Abstract
<bold>Purpose: </bold>To study oral health conditions, diabetic medical complications and their association in type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM).<bold>Materials and Methods: </bold>Cross-sectional survey of 364 type 2 DM patients (63.6 +/- 10.1 years, 54% female) and 161 controls (64.1 +/- 10.6 years, 53% female) with or without essential hypertension, predominantly low-income, attending a hospital were recruited. Periodontal disease (Community Periodontal Index [CPI]) and dental status (decayed, missing and filled teeth [DMFT]) were recorded. Fasting plasma glucose and, for DM patients, HbA1C and DM complications were recorded on enrolment and follow up, respectively.<bold>Results: </bold>Many DM subjects had fair diabetic control. Both groups (control/DM) had poor oral health: DMFT = 14.5/16.8, CPI 4 = 36%/50%, (P < 0.02) while DM subjects had less DT(adjusted) = 2.1/1.4 (P < 0.01). Of the follow-up DM individuals, 294 (81%) had medical complication(s). Regression analyses showed association between advanced periodontal attachment loss (ALoss) and age, male gender, smoking and DM; MT and DMFT were associated with age, female gender, smoking, DM and hypertension. ALoss and DMFT were not associated with DM complications.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>The oral health of the surveyed Chinese subjects was poor. Type 2 DM subjects were affected more by ALoss and MT but less DT. Subjects with hypertension had higher odds for MT.
- Subjects
HONG Kong (China); CHINA; NUTRITION &; oral health; HEALTH of poor people; DIABETES in old age; PEOPLE with diabetes; HYPERTENSION; BLOOD sugar analysis; TYPE 2 diabetes complications; AGE distribution; COMPARATIVE studies; HEALTH status indicators; LONGITUDINAL method; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; ORAL hygiene; PERIODONTAL disease; PERIODONTICS; PERIODONTITIS; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; SEX distribution; EVALUATION research; CROSS-sectional method; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Oral Health & Preventive Dentistry, 2008, Vol 6, Issue 2, p105
- ISSN
1602-1622
- Publication type
journal article