Keyun Liu1, Jia Sun2, Lingling Shao3, Hongwei He1, Qinglin Liu1, Youxiang Li4, Huijian Ge5. 1. Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute and Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 119, West Road of South Fourth Ring, Fengtai, Beijing, 100070, People's Republic of China. 2. Department of Stomatology, Tianjin Stomatological Hospital, Hospital of Stomatology, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300041, People's Republic of China. 3. Department of Tuberculosis, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Institute, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 101149, People's Republic of China. 4. Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute and Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 119, West Road of South Fourth Ring, Fengtai, Beijing, 100070, People's Republic of China. liyouxiang@263.net. 5. Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute and Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 119, West Road of South Fourth Ring, Fengtai, Beijing, 100070, People's Republic of China. 474025129@qq.com.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: We investigated whether periodontal diseases, specifically, periodontitis and gingivitis, could be risk factors of the incidence of intracranial aneurysms (IAs). METHODS: We performed a case-control study to compare the differences in the periodontal disease parameters of 281 cases that were divided into the IAs group and non-IAs group. All cases underwent complete radiographic examination for IAs and examination for periodontal health. RESULTS: Comparing with those in the non-IAs group, the cases in the IAs group were older (53.95 ± 8.56 vs 47.79 ± 12.33, p < 0.001) and had a higher incidence of hypertension (76 vs 34, p = 0.006). Univariate logistic regression analysis revealed that age (> 50 years) and hypertension were predictive risk factors of aneurysm formation (odds ratio [OR] 1.047, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] 1.022-1.073, p < 0.001 and OR 2.047, 95% CI 1.232-3.401, p = 0.006). In addition, univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses showed that the parameters of periodontal diseases, including gingival index, plaque index, clinical attachment loss, and alveolar bone loss, were significantly associated with the occurrence of IAs (all p < 0.05). For further statistical investigation, the parameters of periodontal diseases were divided into four layers based on the quartered data. Poorer periodontal health condition (especially gingival index > 1.1 and plaque index > 1.5) had the correlation with IAs formation (p = 0.007 and p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Severe gingivitis or periodontitis, combining with hypertension, is significantly associated with the incidence of IAs.
BACKGROUND: We investigated whether periodontal diseases, specifically, periodontitis and gingivitis, could be risk factors of the incidence of intracranial aneurysms (IAs). METHODS: We performed a case-control study to compare the differences in the periodontal disease parameters of 281 cases that were divided into the IAs group and non-IAs group. All cases underwent complete radiographic examination for IAs and examination for periodontal health. RESULTS: Comparing with those in the non-IAs group, the cases in the IAs group were older (53.95 ± 8.56 vs 47.79 ± 12.33, p < 0.001) and had a higher incidence of hypertension (76 vs 34, p = 0.006). Univariate logistic regression analysis revealed that age (> 50 years) and hypertension were predictive risk factors of aneurysm formation (odds ratio [OR] 1.047, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] 1.022-1.073, p < 0.001 and OR 2.047, 95% CI 1.232-3.401, p = 0.006). In addition, univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses showed that the parameters of periodontal diseases, including gingival index, plaque index, clinical attachment loss, and alveolar bone loss, were significantly associated with the occurrence of IAs (all p < 0.05). For further statistical investigation, the parameters of periodontal diseases were divided into four layers based on the quartered data. Poorer periodontal health condition (especially gingival index > 1.1 and plaque index > 1.5) had the correlation with IAs formation (p = 0.007 and p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Severe gingivitis or periodontitis, combining with hypertension, is significantly associated with the incidence of IAs.
Authors: Peter B Lockhart; Michael T Brennan; Howell C Sasser; Philip C Fox; Bruce J Paster; Farah K Bahrani-Mougeot Journal: Circulation Date: 2008-06-09 Impact factor: 29.690