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FRIDAY, June 14, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Undetected dysglycemia is associated with both myocardial infarction (MI) and periodontitis (PD), according to a study published online June 10 in Diabetes Care<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Anna Norhammar, M.D., from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, and colleagues examined associations between undetected dysglycemia and MI and PD in a study including 805 patients with a first MI and 805 matched controls. Periodontal status was categorized as healthy, moderate, or severe.<\/p>\n
The researchers found that abnormal glucose tolerance (AGT) was more common in patients than in controls (32 versus 19 percent) and was associated with MI (odds ratio [OR], 2.03; 95 percent confidence interval [CI], 1.58 to 2.60). Undetected diabetes correlated with severe PD (OR, 2.50; 95 percent CI, 1.36 to 4.63), which was stronger in patients (OR, 2.35; 95 percent CI, 1.15 to 4.80) than in controls (OR, 1.80, 95 percent CI, 0.48 to 6.78). This correlation was not seen when categorized as AGT (total cohort, OR, 1.07; 95 percent CI, 0.67 to 1.72). Severe PD was most common in those with undetected diabetes, and undetected diabetes was most common in severe PD.<\/p>\n
“The findings support the hypothesis that dysglycemia is a driver for two common diseases in the general population, MI and PD, thereby highlighting the impact that such disturbances might have on health care demands,” the authors write.<\/p>\n
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