Gender-Specific Associations of Serum Antibody to Porphyromonas gingivalis and Inflammatory Markers
Table 3
Changes in periodontal disease between 2003 and 2011.
Variables from data of 2003
Periodontally healthy in 2003
Periodontal disease in 2003
Males
Females
Males
Females
In 2011
In 2011
In 2011
In 2011
Healthy
Periodontal disease
Healthy
Periodontal disease
Healthy
Periodontal disease
Healthy
Periodontal disease
= 113
= 39
= 51
= 13
= 27
= 116
= 26
= 26
Serum antibody titer against
5.5 (1.3, 10.9)
5.7 (2.9, 10.2)
5.2 (2.9, 11.7)
6.0 (3.6, 11.1)
11.1 (5.8, 24.5)
10.8 (4.7, 26.3)
9.9 (2.6, 22.5)
19.5 (10.9, 39.1
High serum antibody level (≥7.9) to Pg (%
35.4
38.5
37.3
30.8
66.7
62.1
57.7
84.6*
Overweight (%
27.4
43.6
9.8
15.4
44.4
25.0*
26.9
42.3
Elevated hsCRP (≥1.0) (%
15.9
25.6
5.9
38.
14.8
19.8
7.7
38.
Leukocytes (109 cells/L
5.3 (4.5, 6.5)
5.5 (4.6, 6.6)
5.2 (4.6, 5.5)
5.0 (4.6, 6.5)
5.3 (4.8, 6.5)
5.8 (4.8, 6.7)
5.2 (4.3, 6.3)
5.2 (4.4, 6.1)
< 0.05, < 0.01. Median (25%, 75%). Comparison between participants with or without periodontal disease in 2011 by bivariate analysis. Continuous variable of leukocytes was used, because of small number of elevated leukocytes (≥9.0 109 cells/L). HsCRP, high-sensitive C-reactive protein.
