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Table 5 Periodontal status according to gender (N = 873)

From: Dental and periodontal status of 12-year-old Bulang children in China

 

All

Boys

Girls

P value

No. (%) of children

    

Highest CPI = 0

257 (29%)

111 (25%)

146 (34%)

0.007

Highest CPI = 1

111 (13%)

48 (11%)

63 (15%)

0.112

Highest CPI = 2

505 (58%)

280 (64%)

225 (52%)

<0.001

Mean (SD) number of sextants:

    

Healthy (CPI = 0)

4.6 (1.3)

4.4 (1.3)

4.7 (1.2)

<0.001

Bleeding only (CPI = 1)

0.3 (0.6)

0.4 (0.7)

0.3 (0.6)

0.318

With calculus (CPI = 2)

1.1 (1.2)

1.2 (1.2)

1.0 (1.1)

0.001