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Stress, cortisol, and periodontitis in a population aged 50 years and over
Stress, cortisol, and periodontitis in a population aged 50 years and over
- Source :
- Europe PubMed Central
- Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- Periodontitis and its relationship with psycho-neuro-immunological variables, such as psychological stress and cortisol, have been little explored. The objective of this study was to evaluate the extent and severity of chronic periodontitis and its association with the levels of salivary cortisol and the scores obtained with a stress questionnaire in a population aged 50 years and over. We studied 235 individuals in a cross-sectional study. They answered the Lipp’s Inventory of Stress Symptoms for Adults, were instructed to collect three saliva samples for cortisol analysis, and were examined for evaluation for periodontitis. Based on logistic regression, cortisol levels were positively associated with the following outcomes: means of clinical attachment level (CAL) > = 4 mm [OR = 5.1, 95%CI (1.2, 20.7)]; 30% of sites with CAL > = 5 mm [OR = 6.9, 95%CI (1.7, 27.1)]; and 26% of sites with probing depth > = 4 mm [OR = 10.7, 95%CI (1.9, 54.1)] after adjustment for confounding variables. The results suggest that cortisol levels were positively associated with the extent and severity of periodontitis.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Saliva
Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System
Hydrocortisone
Personality Inventory
Cross-sectional study
Population
Dentistry
Pituitary-Adrenal System
Logistic regression
Severity of Illness Index
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Internal medicine
Severity of illness
Periodontal Attachment Loss
Medicine
Humans
education
Periodontitis
General Dentistry
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Observer Variation
education.field_of_study
business.industry
Confounding
Reproducibility of Results
030206 dentistry
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Chronic periodontitis
030104 developmental biology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Logistic Models
Caregivers
Area Under Curve
Chronic Disease
Dementia
Female
business
Brazil
Stress, Psychological
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00220345
- Volume :
- 85
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of dental research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1f5a9155f2d67c8fd09faa390aab7ee2