IMR Press / FBL / Volume 28 / Issue 8 / DOI: 10.31083/j.fbl2808168
Open Access Original Research
Increased Myeloperoxidase Concentrations in Saliva could Reflect Increased Body Mass and Oral Microinflammation
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1 Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-812 Poznan, Poland
2 Department of Pathophysiology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-806 Poznan, Poland
*Correspondence: kacpernijakowski@ump.edu.pl (Kacper Nijakowski)
Front. Biosci. (Landmark Ed) 2023, 28(8), 168; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.fbl2808168
Submitted: 3 June 2023 | Revised: 5 July 2023 | Accepted: 26 July 2023 | Published: 17 August 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Diagnostics)
Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Background: Increased myeloperoxidase (MPO) levels in saliva are thought to reflect ongoing periodontal inflammation. Less clear is whether and to what extent salivary MPO is increased as a result of systemic inflammation. Methods: In the present study, we aimed to determine which demographic, anthropometric, biochemical, and dental parameters affect the level of MPO in whole mixed saliva in healthy adults with no apparent inflammatory lesions in the oral cavity. Thus, 113 individuals, aged 20–61 years (including 30.1% men and 23.9% smokers), were examined. Results: In the univariate analysis, higher levels of MPO in saliva were found to be associated with age, an increased body mass index (BMI), higher levels of cytokines tumour necrosis factor-α and interleukin-6, as well as poorer oral hygiene, gingival status, and lower saliva flow. Multivariate logistic regression analysis determined that the main predictors of MPO concentration in saliva were BMI and stimulated saliva flow rate. Conclusions: Overall, an increase in MPO in saliva could be related to an increase in BMI, possibly as a result of subclinical chronic microinflammation, which also involves the gingiva.

Keywords
myeloperoxidase
saliva
body mass index
inflammation
oral health
obesity
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