Abstract
This study aimed to determine the association between metabolic syndrome (MetS) and periodontitis in Korean postmenopausal women. The study selected 3320 menopause women (40–79-year-old) from those who participated in the seventh Korea National Health and Nutrition Survey (2016–2018). This association was determined using frequency and multiple logistic regression analyses. The prevalence of MetS in postmenopausal women was 33.2%, and among the MetS components, abdominal obesity showed a higher odds ratio of periodontitis by 1.36 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.12–1.65; p < 0.05). The odds ratio for periodontitis was 1.34 times higher (95% CI: 1.12–1.60) in the MetS prevalence group with three or more MetS components (p < 0.05); however, after adjusting for demographic characteristics and health behavior variables, it was not statistically significant. Therefore, our results indicated that MetS has no association with periodontitis in postmenopausal women after adjusting for confounding variables.
Highlights
The total number of participants who enrolled in the seventh Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES; 2016–2018) was 24,269, and 3320 postmenopausal women (40–79-year-old) were included in this study, from the 16,489 individuals who participated in the oral examination
As a result of the analysis, abdominal obesity, hypertension, hyperglycemia, hypertriglyceridemia, and low-high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels were seen in 35.9%, 38.6%, 43.1%, 27.7%, and 44.7% of the participants
As a result of this study, the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) among postmenopausal women was determined as 33.2%, which was higher than the prevalence of MetS among the Korean adult women in 2008 (20.5%) and 2017 (18.7%) [34]
Summary
The prevalence of MetS in postmenopausal women was 33.2%, and among the MetS components, abdominal obesity showed a higher odds ratio of periodontitis by 1.36 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.12–1.65; p < 0.05). CI: 1.12–1.60) in the MetS prevalence group with three or more MetS components (p < 0.05); after adjusting for demographic characteristics and health behavior variables, it was not statistically significant. Our results indicated that MetS has no association with periodontitis in postmenopausal women after adjusting for confounding variables. No Association between Metabolic Syndrome and Keywords: postmenopausal; metabolic syndrome; periodontitis; oral health behavior. The average age of the onset of menopause for women is 49.4 years [2], which can be a major turning point in terms of life and health for middle- and old-aged women
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