1Associate Professor, AB Shetty Dental College, Mangalore, Karnataka State, India
2Oral Surgeon, AB Shetty Dental College, Mangalore, Karnataka State, India
*Corresponding Author: Dr Mamatha Shetty, ADDRESS- AB Shetty Dental College, Mangalore, Karnataka State, India, Ph no-9886756440, E mail: mamathadent99@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 26 September, 2019.
Recent studies indicate that there is more than a causal relationship between serum lipid level, systemic health, and infectious oral disease like periodontitis. Periodontal disease is a destructive inflammatory disease inducing catabolic state characterized by altered lipid metabolism and hypertriglyceridemia.
The aim of present study was to investigate the association between periodontal status, cholesterol levels and Body Mass Index in normal and obese group.
A sample of 60 subjects; 30 subjects with normal BMI and 30 subjects with obese BMI with an age range of 30 to 65 years were included in the study. After clinical measurement of periodontium was done the serum samples of the both groups were drawn to estimate levels of High-density Lipoprotein, Low-density Lipoprotein, and Triglycerides.
There was no statistically significant association observed in relation to Mean age, LDL and HDL cholesterols and TG in subjects with healthy periodontium and periodontitis (p>0.05). Our study did not find significant association between periodontal status, normal and obese body mass index.
In our study, we did not observe, significant association between the periodontal status, cholesterol levels and body mass Index in normal and obese group.
Periodontal disease, inflammation, obesity, cholesterol level
