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. 2012;67(1):27-33.
doi: 10.6061/clinics/2012(01)05.

Periodontitis-associated risk factors in pregnant women

Maria Dilma Bezerra de Vasconcellos Piscoya  1 , Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes, Genivaldo Moura da Silva, Sílvia Regina Jamelli, Sonia Bechara Coutinho
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Periodontitis-associated risk factors in pregnant women

Maria Dilma Bezerra de Vasconcellos Piscoya et al. Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2012.

Abstract

Objective: The main objective of this study was to investigate the risk factors associated with periodontitis in pregnant women.

Methods: This study was conducted in two stages. In Stage 1, a cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of periodontitis among 810 women treated at the maternity ward of a university hospital. In Stage 2, the factors associated with periodontitis were investigated in two groups of pregnant women: 90 with periodontitis and 720 without. A hierarchized approach to the evaluation of the risk factors was used in the analysis, and the independent variables related to periodontitis were grouped into two levels: 1) socio-demographic variables; 2a) variables related to nutritional status, smoking, and number of pregnancies; and 2b) variables related to oral hygiene. Periodontitis was defined as a probing depth ≥ 4 mm and an attachment loss ≥ 3 mm at the same site in four or more teeth. A logistic regression analysis was also performed.

Results: The prevalence of periodontitis in this sample was 11%. The variables that remained in the final multivariate model with the hierarchized approach were schooling, family income, smoking, body mass index, and bacterial plaque.

Conclusion: The factors identified underscore the social nature of the disease, as periodontitis was associated with socioeconomic, demographic status, and poor oral hygiene.

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Hierarchized model of risk factors for periodontitis in pregnant women, Recife, Brazil, 2008.
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