Plasma 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations and Periodontal Disease in Postmenopausal Women
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Amy E. Millen
Departments of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY.
Correspondence: Dr. Amy E. Millen, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 270 Farber Hall, Buffalo, NY 14214-8001. Phone: 716/829-5377; fax: 716/829-2979; e-mail: [email protected].Search for more papers by this authorKathleen M. Hovey
Departments of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY.
Search for more papers by this authorMichael J. LaMonte
Departments of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY.
Search for more papers by this authorMya Swanson
Departments of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY.
Search for more papers by this authorChristopher A. Andrews
Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.
Search for more papers by this authorMelissa A. Kluczynski
Departments of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY.
Search for more papers by this authorRobert J. Genco
Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.
Search for more papers by this authorJean Wactawski-Wende
Departments of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY.
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Amy E. Millen
Departments of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY.
Correspondence: Dr. Amy E. Millen, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 270 Farber Hall, Buffalo, NY 14214-8001. Phone: 716/829-5377; fax: 716/829-2979; e-mail: [email protected].Search for more papers by this authorKathleen M. Hovey
Departments of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY.
Search for more papers by this authorMichael J. LaMonte
Departments of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY.
Search for more papers by this authorMya Swanson
Departments of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY.
Search for more papers by this authorChristopher A. Andrews
Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.
Search for more papers by this authorMelissa A. Kluczynski
Departments of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY.
Search for more papers by this authorRobert J. Genco
Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.
Search for more papers by this authorJean Wactawski-Wende
Departments of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY.
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Background: Vitamin D has anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties that, together with its influence on bone health, may confer periodontal benefit.
Methods: Cross-sectional associations (years 1997-2000) between plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration [25(OH)D] and periodontal measure were investigated among 920 postmenopausal women. Measures of chronic disease were defined based on: 1) alveolar crestal height (ACH) measures from intraoral radiographs and tooth loss and 2) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) criteria using measures of clinical attachment level and probing depth (PD). Acute oral inflammation was assessed by the percentage of gingival sites that bled upon assessment with a probe. Logistic regression was used to estimate the odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for periodontal disease among participants with adequate [25(OH)D ≥50 nmol/L] compared with deficient/inadequate [25(OH)D <50 nmol/L] vitamin D status adjusted for age, dental visit frequency, and body mass index.
Results: No association was observed between vitamin D status and periodontal disease defined by ACH and tooth loss (adjusted OR = 0.96, 95% CI = 0.68 to 1.35). In contrast, women with adequate compared with deficient/inadequate vitamin D status had 33% lower odds (95% CI = 5% to 53%) of periodontal disease according to the CDC/AAP definition and 42% lower odds (95% CI = 21% to 58%) of having ≥50% of gingival sites that bled.
Conclusions: Vitamin D status was inversely associated with gingival bleeding, an acute measure of oral health and inflammation, and inversely associated with clinical categories of chronic periodontal disease that incorporated PD, an indicator of oral inflammation. However, vitamin D was not associated with chronic periodontal disease based on measures of ACH in combination with tooth loss.
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