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. 2024 Jan 13;28(1):91.
doi: 10.1007/s00784-024-05494-9.

Salivary and serum asprosin hormone levels in the 2018 EFP/AAP classification of periodontitis stages and body mass index status: a case-control study

Sema Nur Sevinç Gül  1 , Didem Özkal Eminoğlu  2 , Esra Laloğlu  3 , Tuğba Aydın  2 , Alparslan Dilsiz  2
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Salivary and serum asprosin hormone levels in the 2018 EFP/AAP classification of periodontitis stages and body mass index status: a case-control study

Sema Nur Sevinç Gül et al. Clin Oral Investig. .

Abstract

Objectives: A newly discovered adipokine known asprosin in serum and saliva in patients with periodontitis has not been explored. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between serum and saliva asprosin levels and periodontitis by grouping it according to body mass index (BMI).

Materials and methods: The study was conducted on 65 systemically healthy patients (35 patients with periodontitis (periodontitis group), 30 periodontally healthy patients (control group)). In each patient, age, BMI, and clinical periodontal parameters (plaque index (PI), gingival index (GI), probing depth (PD), and clinical attachment level (CAL)) were evaluated. Statistical analyses were conducted utilizing the Student t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson correlation analysis. For the significance level of the tests, p<0.05 were accepted.

Results: The serum and saliva were collected to assess asprosin levels. Both the serum and saliva asprosin levels were statistically significantly higher in the periodontitis group than in the control group (p<0.001). Saliva and serum asprosin levels were directly proportional to the severity of the periodontal disease (p<0.05). Asprosin levels were higher in patients with a higher BMI (p<0.05).

Conclusion: Asprosin levels were increased in periodontitis, and even a high BMI status apparently affected the levels of this hormone. It is thought that asprosin may be a useful biomarker in evaluating the relationship between periodontal status and BMI.

Clinical relevance: Asprosin may be a useful parameter as a biomarker of periodontal disease progression. However, BMI status should be considered when evaluating asprosin levels in patients with periodontitis.

Keywords: Adipokines; Body Mass Index; Oral medicine; Periodontal diseases; Periodontitis.

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The authors declare no competing interests.

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Determination of the diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of serum and saliva asprosin levels in periodontitis and control groups by ROC curve analysis. ROC: receiver-operating characteristic curve
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