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. 2015 Jan 31;2015:897971. doi: 10.1155/2015/897971

Table 1.

Characteristics of study subjects in 2003 and 2011.

Variables 2003 2011
Males
(n = 295)
Females
(n = 116)
All P value Males
(n = 295)
Females
(n = 116)
All P value
The number of the present teeth (median [25%, 75%]) 27 (24, 28) 26 (21, 28) 26 (23, 28) 0.001 26 (22, 28) 24 (20, 27) 25 (22, 28) 0.003
Periodontal disease (PD ≥ 4 mm) (%) 48.5 44.8 47.4 0.505 52.5 33.6 47.2 0.001
Serum antibody titer against Pg * 7.7 (3.3, 15.6) 8.6 (3.5, 21.8) 7.9 (3.4, 17.0) 0.363

Age (median [25%, 75%]) 57 (48, 68) 60 (50, 69) 57 (49, 68) 0.166 65 (56, 76) 68 (58, 77) 65 (57, 76) 0.158
More than 3 times daily toothbrushing 28.1 50.0 34.3 <0.001
Current/past smoking (%) 63.7 3.4 46.7 <0.001 63.7 3.4 46.7 <0.001
Current alcohol consumption (%) 76.3 37.1 65.2 <0.001 69.5 29.8 58.4 <0.001

Overweight (%) 30.2 21.6 27.7 0.079 28.8 27.6 28.5 0.804
Elevated hsCRP (≥1 mg/L) (%)* 18.6 17.2 18.2 0.740
Elevated fasting glucose (≥100 mg/dL) (%) 62.2 51.7 59.4 0.048 55.9 37.9 50.9 0.001
Reduced HDL (males < 40, females < 50 mg/dL) (%) 3.7 5.2 4.1 0.508 1.4 2.6 1.7 0.386
Elevated triglycerides (≥150 mg/dL) (%)§ 32.9 25.0 30.7 0.119 33.6 37.9 34.8 0.402
Elevated blood pressure (≥130/≥85 mmHg) (%) 34.6 25.9 32.1 0.089 29.8 16.4 26.0 0.005

Elevated leukocytes (≥9.0 × 109 cells/L) (%) 4.4 0 3.2 0.024 1.4 0 1.0 0.581
Leukocytes (median [25%, 75%]) (109 cells/L) 5.5 (4.7, 6.6) 5.2 (4.5, 6.0) 5.4 (4.6, 6.3) 0.003 5.1 (4.3, 6.0) 4.7 (4.1, 5.5) 5.0 (4.3, 5.8) 0.007
Neutrophils (median [25%, 75%]) (109 cells/L) 3.2 (2.6, 3.9) 3.0 (2.5, 3.6) 3.1 (2.6, 3.8) 0.038 3.0 (2.4, 3.5) 2.7 (2.1, 3.3) 2.9 (2.3, 3.5) 0.013
Acidocytes (median [25%, 75%]) (109 cells/L) 0.19 (0.01, 0.25) 0.12 (0.08, 0.20) 0.15 (0.09, 0.24) 0.003 0.13 (0.08, 0.23) 0.10 (0.06, 0.18) 0.13 (0.08, 0.21) <0.001
Monocytes (median [25%, 75%]) (109 cells/L) 0.31 (0.25, 0.37) 0.26 (0.22, 0.31) 0.30 (0.24, 0.36) <0.001 0.29 (0.24, 0.36) 0.24 (0.21, 0.29) 0.28 (0.23, 0.34) <0.001

*Serum antibody titer against Pg and hsCRP were measured in preserved serum samples in 2003.

Males, n = 292; females, n = 114, in 2011.

HDL < 40 mg/dL in males and <50 mg/dL in females for reduced HDL.

§Triglycerides ≥ 150 mg/dL or drug treatment for dyslipidemia.

Systolic blood pressure ≥130 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥85 mmHg or antihypertensive drug treatment.

PD, periodontal pocket depth; hsCRP, high-sensitive C-reactive protein; HDL, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.