Correlation between periodontitis and general health

Objective To investigate the correlation between periodontitis and general health.Methods 5769 cases,who came to our hospital for physical check-up aged from 30 to 60 in 2008,were collected.All samples were divided into two groups : experimental group (periodontitis group,with 2007 samples) and control group (non-periodontitis group,with 3762 samples).Data of both groups were compared to explore the risk factors of periodontitis.Results The occurrence of periodontitis was related with age,hypertension,hyperlipidemia,fatty liver and the abnormal electrocardigraph(ECG) patterns (P0.05),among which,age,smoking history,hyperlipemia and abnormal ECG pattern were risk factors of periodontitis.The incidence of periodontitis had no statistical difference between both genders (P0.05),and the incidence increased with age increased (P0.05).Incidences of hypertension,hyperlipidemia,eyeground arteriosclerosis,fatty liver,diabetes mellitus,abnormal ECG pattern and obesity in periontitis group were all higher than those in non-periodontitis group (P0.05).The incidences of hypertension,hyperlipidemia,eyeground arteriosclerosis,fatty liver,diabetes mellitus,the abnormal ECG pattern and obesity were all related to periodontitis except for interference of confounding factors such as age,gender and smoking history (P0.05).Conclusion Periodontitis is correlated with systemic diseases.