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. 2017 Dec 14;8:1055. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2017.01055

Table 1.

Observational studies analyzing oxidative stress in periodontitis.

Study design Sample size Note Sample type Outcome References
Cross-sectional study 20 AgP patients 20 ChP patients 20 controls Saliva ↑ ROS, TBARS with AgP; TRAP ↓ with AgP compared to ChP Acquier et al., 2017
Case-control study (cross-sectional) 55 ChP patients 55 healthy controls Serum Saliva ↓ TAC in serum and saliva; ↑ MDA increased in serum and saliva vs. controls Ahmadi-Motamayel et al., 2017
Prospective study 33 PW with ChP 18 PW with gingivitis 21 PW controls 27 non-PW ChP 25 non-PW controls Pregnancy Serum GCF ↓ TAC, SOD in PW vs. non-PW and in ChP group compared to controls; ↑ TAC, SOD in third trimester in PW with ChP vs. PW with ChP in the first trimester Akalin et al., 2009
Comparative study (cross-sectional) 20 T2DM patients with periodontitis 20 T2DM patients PH 20 SH patients with periodontitis T2DM Plasma ↓ plasma small molecule antioxidant capacity ↑ PC in T2DM with periodontitis vs. PH T2DM patients Allen et al., 2011
Cross-sectional study 33 ChP patients 16 patients with gingivitis 37 healthy controls Saliva ↑ TAC, 8-OHdG, MDA and activity of SOD, GPx in ChP vs. controls Almerich-Silla et al., 2015
Observational study (cross-sectional) 19 non-T2DM patients 24 T2DM patients with good metabolic control 27 T2DM patients with poor metabolic control T2DM T2DM Saliva ↓ GPx, glutathione reductase in poor metabolic control T2DM patients; ↑ GSSG/GSH ratio in poor metabolic control T2DM Arana et al., 2017
Case-control study 15 PH + normal weight 15 gingivitis + normal weight 15 ChP + normal weight 15 PH + obese 18 gingivitis + obese 15 ChP + obese Obesity GCF ↑ MDA, PC and ↓ TAC in ChP + obese group Atabay et al., 2017
Cross-sectional study 32 ChP post-menopausal women 31 ChP pre-menopausal 25 PH post-menopausal women 26 PH pre-menopausal women Menopause Serum GCF ↓ TAC, SOD activity in post-menopausal women with ChP in serum and GCF Baltacioglu et al., 2006
Cross-sectional study 35 AgP patients 33 ChP patients 30 PH controls Serum Saliva ↑ MDA, TOS, OSI in periodontitis groups; ↓ TAC in periodontitis groups vs. controls (except serum MDA) Baltacioglu et al., 2014
Cross-sectional study 23 ChP patients 19 PH controls Saliva ↑ TBARS in ChP (men) ↓ TAC in ChP (women); trend toward ↓ DNA integrity in ChP Banasová et al., 2015
Cross-sectional study 9 patients with periodontitis 9 healthy controls Gingival tissue ↑ activities of MPO, GPx, glutathione S-transferase in periodontitis group; ↑ TBARS and GSSG levels increased vs. controls Borges et al., 2007
Cross-sectional study 20 ChP patients 20 healthy controls Serum Saliva GCF ↓ TAC in GCF and plasma in ChP vs. control; ↓ TAC in saliva in ChP vs. control Brock et al., 2004
Cross-sectional study 32 ChP patients 32 PH control Saliva Gingival tissue ↑ 8-OHdG and mtDNA deletions in ChP group vs. control Canakci et al., 2009
Cross-sectional study 30 ChP patients 30 PH control Blood Gingival tissue ↑ mtDNA deletion in ChP group vs. control Canakci et al., 2006
Cross-sectional study 10 preeclampsia ChP 10 preeclampsia PH 10 normotensive ChP 10 normotensive PH Preeclampsia Serum Saliva GCF ↓ TAC in ChP women with preeclampsia (GCF, serum, saliva); ↓ SOD and GPx activities decreased in ChP women with preeclampsia (GCF and serum); ↑ MDA in ChP preeclamptic women (GCF, serum) Canakci et al., 2007
Cross-sectional study 31 pre-menopausal 31 peri-menopausal 31 post-menopausal ChP women Menopause GCF Gingival tissue ↑ 8-OHdG in ChP post-menopausal women in GCF and gingival tissue Chandra et al., 2017
Cross-sectional study 10 ChP patients 10 PH control Plasma GCF ↓ TAC in GCF and plasma in ChP vs. control; ↓ GSH and GSSG in GCF in ChP Chapple et al., 2002
Observational correlational study 11,480 participants; 1,567 with mild periodontitis 609 with severe periodontitis Serum ↓ vitamin C, bilirubin and TAC (calculated) in mild or severe periodontitis Chapple et al., 2007b
Cross-sectional study 17 periodontitis patients 20 healthy controls Saliva ↓ TAC in periodontitis Diab-Ladki et al., 2003
Cross-sectional study 12 SH and PH controls 15 SH and ChP patients 8 well-controlled T2DM patients with ChP 14 poor-controlled T2DM patients with ChP T2DM Gingival tissue Peroxiredoxin 1 and GPX1 overexpressed in ChP; Peroxiredoxin 2 and SOD2 up-regulated especially in poor—controlled T2DM with ChP Duarte et al., 2012
Cross-sectional study 20 ChP patients with RA 20 PH patients with RA 20 ChP patients SH 20 SH and PH controls Rheumatoid arthritis Serum GCF ↑ TOS in GCF of ChP and RA ChP groups (no difference for TOS and OSI in serum) Esen et al., 2012
Cross-sectional study 18 ChP patients with hyperlipidemia 18 PH patients with hyperlipidemia 19 ChP patients SH 19 PH SH controls Hyperlipidemia Serum ↑ MDA and 8-OHdG in patients with ChP and hyperlipidemia Fentoglu Ö et al., 2015
Cross-sectional study 24 ChP with depression 23 ChP without depression Depression Plasma ↑ nitric oxide metabolites, lipid peroxides, AOPP and TRAP in ChP with depression Gomes et al., 2017
Cross-sectional study 16 T1DM with periodontitis 25 T2DM with periodontitis 24 SH with periodontitis T1DM T2DM Saliva ↓ GSH and ↓GSSG in the patients with T1DM Gumus et al., 2009
Case-control study 115 P women (6 month postpartum follow-up) 72 non-P women Pregnancy Saliva ↑ 8-OHdG in PW; ↓ GPx decreased in PW; ↓ TBARS postpartum vs. non-pregnant women Gümüş et al., 2015
Prospective study 218 P women 459 P women with mild periodontitis 114 P women with moderate-severe periodontitis Pregnancy Serum ↑ 8-isoprostane in PW with moderate-severe periodontitis Hickman et al., 2011
Prospective study 50 ChP patients 50 healthy controls Serum Saliva ↓ SOD in saliva and serum; ↑ prostaglandin E2, D2, prostaglandin F2α and TXB2, 5- hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid, F2-isoprostanes; ↑ prostacyclin I2 and 13- hydroxyoctadecadienoic acid, 9- hydroxyoctadecadienoic acid Huang et al., 2014
Cross-sectional Study 55 patients with DS 74 patients with mental retardation 88 healthy controls Down Syndrome Mental retardation Whole blood ↑ oxidative burst activity of blood (monocytes and granulocytes) in DS patients with decreased periodontal health Khocht et al., 2014
Cross-sectional study 26 AgP patients 30 ChP patients 25 healthy controls Gingival blood Peripheral blood ↑ 8-OHdG in gingival blood of ChP and AgP patients; ↓ TAC in gingival blood of ChP patients; ↓ TAC in peripheral blood of both groups Konopka et al., 2007
Cross-sectional study 1,258 old men Old age Serum ↓ beta-cryptoxanthin and beta-carotene with decreased periodontal health of old men Linden et al., 2009
Cross-sectional study 356 periodontitis patients 207 PH controls Plasma ↑ reactive oxygen metabolites and shorter leukocyte telomere length in ChP Masi et al., 2011
Cross-sectional Correlational study 20 ChP patients 20 PH controls Saliva ↑ 8-OHdG, MDA in ChP; ↓ uric acid, GPx activities and TAC in ChP (correlation with bone loss markers) Miricescu et al., 2014
Cross-sectional study 10 T2DM patients PH 8 SH controls T2DM Periodontal tissue ↑ MDA, ↓ GSH in periodontal tissue of T2DM Monea et al., 2014
Cross-sectional study 24 ChP patients with ACS 24 patients PH with ACS 24 ChP patients without ACS 24 controls PH without ACS Acute coronary syndrome Saliva ↑ 8-OHdG, MDA, and PC in patients (correlation with periodontal and cardiovascular markers) Nguyen et al., 2016
Cross-sectional study 25 ChP patients 25 healthy controls Plasma Gingival tissue Erythrocytes ↑ TBARS in ChP; ↑ SOD, CAT, GPx activities in ChP; ↓ vitamins E, C and GSH in ChP Panjamurthy et al., 2005
Cross-sectional study 29 ChP patients 20 healthy controls Saliva ↑ 8-OHdG in ChP (correlation with P. gingivalis) Sawamoto et al., 2005
Cross-sectional cohort study 46 severe periodontitis patients 37 moderate periodontitis patients 46 mild periodontitis and healthy Saliva ↑ PC increased in severe periodontitis; ↓ urate and FRAP in severe periodontitis Sculley and Langley-Evans, 2003
Cross-sectional study 20 ChP patients with RA 20 PH patients with RA 20 ChP patients without RA 20 PH SH controls Rheumatoid arthritis Serum ↑ OSI and prolidase in ChP patients with RA Sezer et al., 2013
Cross-sectional study 20 ChP patients with PS 20 PH patients with PS 20 ChP patients with PsA 20 PH patients with PsA 20 ChP SH patients 20 PH SH controls Psoriasis Psoriatic arthritis Serum ↑ OSI (irrespective of periodontitis) in patients groups; (PS and PsA showed no effect on clinical parameters in ChP patients) Sezer et al., 2016
Cross-sectional study 4,717 participants Diabetes mellitus Hypertension Serum Periodontitis with highest 8-isoprostane quartile associated with ↑ CRP Singer et al., 2015
Cross-sectional correlational study 29 severe periodontitis 77 moderate periodontitis 96 mild periodontitis and healthy Diabetes mellitus Hypertension Serum ↑ ROM in patients with worst periodontal status Tamaki et al., 2014b
Cross-sectional study 25 severe periodontitis 43 moderate periodontitis 92 mild periodontitis and healthy Diabetes mellitus Hypertension Saliva Superoxide and hydroxyl radical scavenging activities associated with periodontitis Tamaki et al., 2015
Cross-sectional study 39 patients with periodontitis Saliva ↓ antioxidant concentrations related to periodontal status Tartaglia et al., 2017
Cross-sectional study 23 smokers with ChP 23 former smokers with ChP 19 non-smokers with ChP 20 PH non-smokers controls Smoking Serum Gingival tissue ↑ MDA in serum and gingival tissue in smoking ChP patients groups; ↓ SOD, CAT and GPx in ChP groups Tonguç et al., 2011
Cross-sectional study 82 children Saliva TBARS in correlation to periodontal status; TAC related to periodontal status and oral hygiene; AOPP related to caries in children Tothova et al., 2013
Cross-sectional study 30 ChP patients with T2DM 30 ChP SH patients 30 PH patients with T2DM 30 PH SH controls T2DM Plasma Saliva Red blood cell lysate ↑ MDA in ChP patients irrespective of T2DM Trivedi et al., 2014
Cross-sectional study 100 ChP patients 50 healthy controls Saliva ↑ 8-OHdG and human neutrophil elastase/alpha1-proteinase inhibitor in ChP Villa-Correa et al., 2015
Cross-sectional study 19 patients with periodontitis 8 healthy controls - GCF ↑ GPx, lactoferrin, myeloperoxidase and IL-1beta in periodontal tissues (correlation with clinical periodontal markers) Wei et al., 2004
Cross-sectional study 31 smokers 90 non-smokers Smoking Saliva ↑ 8-epi-PGF(2alpha) with periodontal status and smoking; Smoking ↑ TXB(2) and PGF(2alphas) and ↓ 6-oxo-PGF(1alpha) Wolfram et al., 2006
Cross-sectional study 58 ChP patients 42 AgP patients 60 healthy controls Saliva Buccal mucosa ↑ micronuclei and nuclear abnormalities, as well as 8-OHdG in both periodontitis groups Zamora-Perez et al., 2015
Cross-sectional study 45 severe periodontitis patients 37 healthy controls Saliva ↓ TAC in periodontitis (TOS no difference) Zhang et al., 2015

ChP, chronic periodontitis; AgP, aggressive periodontitis; SH, systematically healthy; PH, periodontal healthy; T1DM, type 1 diabetes mellitus; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus; PS, psoriasis; PsA, psoriatic arthritis; DS, Down syndrome; PW, pregnant woman; RA, Rheumatoid arthritis; ACS, Acute coronary syndrome; GCF, gingival crevicular fluid; TAC, total antioxidant capacity; TBARS, thiobarbituric acid reacting substances; 8-HOdG, 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine; GPx, glutathione peroxidase; GSH, reduced glutathione; GSSG, oxidized glutathione; PC, protein carbonyls; MDA, malondialdehyde; TOS, total oxidant status; SOD, superoxid dismutase; OSI, oxidative stress index; IL-1beta, interleukin 1beta; ROM, reactive oxygen metabolites; ROS, reactive oxygen species; FRAP, ferric reducing antioxidant power; 4-HNE, 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal; CAT, catalase; CRP, C-reactive protein; AOPP, advanced oxidation protein products; TRAP, total radical-trapping antioxidant potential; MPO, myeloperoxidase; mtDNA, mitochondrial DNA.