Abstract 85: Periodontal Disease Association With Large-Artery Atherothrombotic Stroke
Introduction: Periodontal disease (PD) is associated with incident and recurrent ischemic stroke. We investigated whether PD is associated with specific stroke subtype. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, PD was assessed in ischemic stroke and TIA patients. Moderate-severe PD was determined by full-mouth examination by a dentist. Clinical information including stroke etiological subtype (TOAST) was collected at admission. Based on vascular imaging, strokes caused by large-artery atherothrombosis were further analyzed to distinguish those caused by either intracranial atherosclerosis (ICAS) or extracranial atherosclerosis (ECAS). They were also classified as anterior or posterior circulation disease. Results: Consecutive patients (N=265) were enrolled (age 64 ± 12.8, 49% white, 46% black, 5% other and 56% male) between 2015-17. A third (N=87) were found to have PD. Twenty percent (N=42) of strokes were caused by large-artery atherothrombosis. In this group, there was a significantly higher proportion of patients with PD compared with those without PD (24% vs.12%, X 2 p=0.01). Patients with PD also had a significantly higher proportion (12% vs 5%) of stroke due to posterior circulation disease (crude OR 3.0, 95% CI 1.1-7.9, p=0.03), not anterior circulation disease (14% vs. 7%; crude OR 2.2, 95% CI 0.9-5.2, p=0.08). This association with posterior circulation disease persisted after adjustment for age, race, hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, smoking status, coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation, and hemoglobin A1C (adjusted OR 3.1 95% CI 1.04-9.1, p=0.004). In addition, those with PD had a significantly higher rate of stroke due to ICAS compared to those without PD (20% vs. 8%; crude OR 2.6, 95% CI 1.3-5.6, p=0.01), while there was no significant difference between the groups for strokes due to ECAS (9% vs. 3%; crude OR 2.2, 95% CI 1.0-8.7, p=0.06). PD remained significantly associated with ICAS after adjustment for the same covariates (adjusted OR 2.6, 95% CI 1.1-5.8, p=0.004). Conclusion: We report a significantly higher proportion of stroke due to large-artery atherothrombosis in patients with PD compared to those without PD. We report an independent association between PD and ICAS, as well as posterior circulation disease.