The association between rheumatoid arthritis and periodontal disease in a population-based cross-sectional case-control study

BMC Rheumatology

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Renvert, Stefan¹  Berglund, Johan Sanmartin²  Persson, G. Rutger¹  Söderlin, Maria K.⁶ 

[1] Faculty of Health Sciences, Kristianstad University;Department of Health, Blekinge Institute of Technology;School of Dental Science, Trinity College;Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong;Departments of Periodontics, and the Department of Oral Medicine, University of Washington;Department of Clinical Sciences, Section of Rheumatology, Lund University

关键词: Rheumatoid arthritis;    Periodontitis;    Epidemiology;    Smoking;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s41927-020-00129-4

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: BioMed Central

【 摘 要 】

The association between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and periodontitis remains unclear. We studied oral health and periodontitis in a population-based case-control study of individuals with ≥10 remaining teeth ≥61 years of age and either with, or without a diagnosis of RA. 126 dentate individuals with RA were recruited together with age-matched control individuals without RA. The control individuals were recruited from the general population from the same city (n = 249). A dental examination including a panoramic radiograph was performed on all participants. All individuals with RA were examined and medical records were reviewed by a rheumatologist. In the control group, none of the participants presented with symptoms of RA and their medical records were also negative. The RA group included more women (66.7% vs. 55.8%) (p  25 (OR 6.2, 95% CI 3.6, 10.5, p = 0.000), periodontitis (OR 2.5 95% CI 1.5, 4.2 p = 0.000), and female gender (OR 2.3, 95% CI 1.3–4.0, p = 0.003) were associated with RA. RA was associated a diagnosis of periodontitis.

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