RT  - Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry
ID  - 10.17796/jcpd.36.1.e25411r576362262
T1  - Association between Caries, Obesity and Insulin Resistance in Mexican Adolescents
A1  - Juan Pablo Loyola-Rodriguez
A1  - Carlos Villa-Chavez
A1  - Nuria Patiño-Marin
A1  - Celia Aradillas-Garcia
A1  - Cesar Gonzalez
A1  - Esperanza de la Cruz-Mendoza
K1  - caries
K1  - obesity
K1  - insulin resistance
K1  - children
K1  - Mexico
YR  - 2011
SP  - 49
AB  - <p><strong>Aim:</strong> To determine the association among dental caries, obesity and insulin resistance in Mexican adolescents.<strong>Methods:</strong> Body Mass Index, obesity (OB) blood pressure, insulin level, insulin resistance (IR), triglycerides level, serum HDL-cholesterol (cHDL), DMFT index and salivary flow were measured. <strong>Results:</strong>Anthropometric measures showed a significant statistical difference (p &lt; 0.05). Insulin level was 8.98 for healthy subjects, whereas for OB-IR group was 25.35, there was a statistical significant difference (p &lt;0.05). Triglycerides level was 88.50 for healthy subjects and 169.40 mg/dL for OB-IR; cHDL was 52.88 for healthy and 41.82 mg/dL for OB-IR group, both showed a statistically significant difference (p &lt; 0.05). Salivary flow was 4.30 for healthy and for OB-IR group was 5.48 ml/min showed a significant statistical difference(p &lt; 0.05). DMFT index was 3.02 for healthy and for OB-IR adolescents was 4.78, showed a significant statistical difference (p &lt; 0.05). The caries component of DMFT index was 1.84 for healthy and was 3.52 for OB-IR adolescents, showed a significant statistical difference (p &lt; 0.05). According to the multivariate analysis, DMFT (OR=3.10; IC95%=0.20-1.02, p=0.042) and decay (OR=3.30; IC95%=0.19-1.0,p=0.011) were associated with subjects with OB-IR. <strong>Conlusion:</strong> OB-IR Mexican adolescents showed a positive association with DMFT.</p>