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Periodontal disease predicts diabetes, researchers suggest
07 Aug 2008
Periodontal disease, which affects the tissues supporting a person's teeth, could be a predictor of Type 2 diabetes, research carried out by staff at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health suggests.
While it is a long-standing belief that diabetes is a risk factor for periodontal infections, the reverse could also be true, the study published in the July 2008 issue of Diabetes Care indicates.
More than 9,000 participants who did not have diabetes were examined as part of the survey, 817 of whom went on to develop the condition.
The researchers then compared the risk of developing diabetes over the next 20 years between people with various degrees of periodontal disease, web resource Eurekalert notes.
"We found that over two decades of follow-up, individuals who had periodontal disease were more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes later in life when compared to individuals without periodontal disease," comments Dr Ryan Demmer, lead author.
Online resource Dental Health notes that more teeth are lost through periodontal disease than through tooth decay.
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