1. Association of metabolic syndrome with oral and systemic conditions in morbidly obese patients
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Gerson Aparecido Foratori-Junior, Francisco Juliherme Pires de Andrade, Victor Mosquim, Matheus de Carvalho Sales Peres, Elinton Adami Chaim, and Silvia Helena de Carvalho Sales-Peres
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Obesity ,Metabolic syndrome ,Tooth loss ,Cardiovascular diseases. ,Dentistry ,RK1-715 - Abstract
Aim: This study aimed to evaluate oral and systemic conditions in morbidly obese patients with and without metabolic syndrome (MS) prior to bariatric surgery. Methods: One hundred patients were included and equally divided into two groups: G1 - with MS (n = 50) and G2 - without MS (n = 50). MS was diagnosed in patients presenting at least three of five signs: abdominal obesity, high triglyceride level, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) level, hypertension, and altered fasting glycemia. Variables analyzed included the patients’ age, sex, body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and number of missing teeth. Both BMI and WHR were used to evaluate the risk of developing cardiovascular disease (RCVD). Mann-Whitney, Chi-squared, t test, hierarchical multiple linear regression and binary logistic regression models were used in statistical analyses (p
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- 2019
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