PMID- 10674958
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20000216
LR  - 20190831
IS  - 0303-6979 (Print)
IS  - 0303-6979 (Linking)
VI  - 27
IP  - 1
DP  - 2000 Jan
TI  - Explanatory models for clinical and subjective indicators of periodontal disease 
      in an adult population.
PG  - 22-9
AB  - BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to analyze indicators of periodontal 
      disease using: (1) community periodontal index of treatment needs (CPITN), (2) 
      subjectively reported change of front teeth position, and 3) subjectively 
      reported gingival bleeding. METHOD: These 3 indicators were used in models with 
      explanatory variables from 4 domains: (A) socio-economic attributes, (B) general 
      health and health-related lifestyle, (C) dental attitudes and behaviors, and (D) 
      dental status expressed as (number of teeth and DFT) for the 
      clinically-determined dependent variables. In 1992, the study was carried out 
      cross-sectionally in all 50-year olds in 2 Swedish counties using a questionnaire 
      (n=6343) and clinical investigation of a 20 % sub-sample (n= 1040). RESULTS: 
      Multiple and logistic regression analysis showed that explanatory patterns varied 
      for the clinical and subjective indicators. Use of tobacco had strong effects in 
      all models as did high care utilization. There were few associations with 
      socio-economic attributes. The 2 subjective indicators "changed front position" 
      and "gingival bleeding" associated with attitudes, behaviors and subjective 
      health. Number of teeth and DFT covaried with clinical indicators. CONCLUSIONS: 
      The main conclusions from this study are: (1) that it is possible to find 
      multivariate models with acceptable goodness of fit for prediction of occurrence 
      of periodontal indicators, and (2) that the lack of relation between social 
      attributes and the disease gives arguments for a biological provenance of 
      periodontitis.
FAU - Unell, L
AU  - Unell L
AD  - Community Dental Health Unit, Orebro County Council, Sweden. 
      lennart.unell@orebroll.se
FAU - Soderfeldt, B
AU  - Soderfeldt B
FAU - Halling, A
AU  - Halling A
FAU - Birkhed, D
AU  - Birkhed D
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - J Clin Periodontol
JT  - Journal of clinical periodontology
JID - 0425123
SB  - IM
MH  - Attitude to Health
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - DMF Index
MH  - Dental Care/psychology/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Female
MH  - Gingival Hemorrhage/diagnosis
MH  - Health Status
MH  - Humans
MH  - Incisor/physiopathology
MH  - Logistic Models
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Models, Statistical
MH  - Periodontal Diseases/*diagnosis
MH  - Periodontal Index
MH  - Regression Analysis
MH  - Self-Assessment
MH  - Socioeconomic Factors
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Sweden
MH  - Tooth Mobility/diagnosis
EDAT- 2000/02/16 09:00
MHDA- 2000/02/19 09:00
CRDT- 2000/02/16 09:00
PHST- 2000/02/16 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2000/02/19 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2000/02/16 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1034/j.1600-051x.2000.027001022.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Clin Periodontol. 2000 Jan;27(1):22-9. doi: 
      10.1034/j.1600-051x.2000.027001022.x.