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Epidemiology, health services and outcome research
AB0781 Clinical periodontal disease predicts the future development of chronic inflammatory arthritis.
  1. M. Hashimoto1,
  2. T. Yamazaki2,
  3. M. Hamaguchi3,
  4. T. Morimoto4,
  5. M. Yamori2,
  6. K. Asai2,
  7. Y. Isobe2,
  8. M. Mori5,
  9. T. Matsuo5,
  10. M. Furu1,
  11. H. Ito1,
  12. T. Fujii1,
  13. C. Terao6,
  14. K. Yamamoto7,
  15. W. Yamamoto8,
  16. K. Bessho2,
  17. T. Mimori1,5
  1. 1Department of the Control for Rheumatic Diseases
  2. 2Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto
  3. 3Department of Experimental Immunology, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University
  4. 4Center for General Internal Medicine and Emergency Care, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka
  5. 5Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology
  6. 6Center for genomic medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto
  7. 7Department of Information Governance, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka
  8. 8Department of Health Information Management, Kurashiki Sweet Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan

Abstract

Background Recent reports suggest the correlation between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and periodontal disease (PD). However, it is not clear whether PD affects the disease activity of arthritis or the future introduction of methotrexate (MTX) treatment in non-treated, undifferentiated arthritis patients.

Objectives To study whether PD affects arthritis activity and introduction of MTX treatment in non-treated, undifferentiated arthritis patients. We also investigated the relationship between a representative periodontal bacteria, Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg), and arthritis activity or anti-citrullinated protein (CCP) antibody.

Methods We conducted a prospective cohort study in Kyoto University Hospital, Japan. We consequently enrolled patients who first visited the Rheumatic Disease Center without prior use of anti-rheumatic drugs or corticosteroids from May in 2011 to October in 2012. Arthritis disease activity (SDAI etc.) as well as anti-CCP antibody was systemically investigated by rheumatologists. Clinical parameters of PD (pocket depth, etc.) and subgingival plaque samples were collected by dentists and Pg genomic DNA was determined by Taqman q-PCR. Clinical PD was defined as maximal pocket depth more than 4 mm. We followed up all patients until January 2013.

Results We enrolled 103 patients, and 11 patients with osteoarthritis 4 patients with remaining teeth less than 10 teeth were excluded from the analysis. PD was associated with higher arthritis disease activity (SDAI 12.9±1.3 in PD group vs 7.3±1.3 in non-PD group, p=0.017), even adjusted for age, sex, smoking, or tooth brushing habit (effect size 0.11, p=0.004). Presence of PD in the first visit was a risk factor for the introduction of MTX treatment in the clinical course (Log-rank p=0.013, Hazard risk 2.77 (95%CI 1.23-6.25)). Although the amount of Pg was associated with pocket depth, it did not correlate with SDAI (10.7±1.6 in PD group vs 10.7±1.3 in non-PD group) or introduction of MTX treatment (Log-rank p=0.72). Either clinical PD or Pg did not correlate with anti-CCP antibody titers in this cohort.

Conclusions Clinical PD, but not the presence of Pg, was significantly associated with arthritis activity and predicts the future development of chronic inflammatory arthritis that requires MTX.

Disclosure of Interest None Declared

https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-eular.3103

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