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Table 3 Dental index and oral diseases according to HIV and ART status among female sex workers followed up at “Clinique de Confiance”, Abidjan, 2013

From: Oral health and HIV infection among female sex workers in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

  

HIV+ (n = 84)

HIV- (n = 165)

Total n = 249

p

ART (n = 69)

No ART (n = 15)

Total (n = 84) &

p

n (%)

Dental Index

         

DMFT index$ M(SD)

3.5 (4.4)

5.6 (5.6)

2.5(3.1)

 

<10−2

5.7 (5.7)

5.0 (5.3)

 

0.6

 Decayed teeth M(SD)

2.3 (2.9)

3.3 (3.5)

1.9 (2.4)

 

 <10−2 

3.3 (3.5)

3.1 (3.4)

 

0.8

 Missing teeth M(SD)

1.1 (2.8)

2.3 (4.2)

0.6 (1.3)

 

<10−2

2.4 (4.4)

1.9 (3.2)

 

0.7

CPI index*

    

0.02

   

0.4

 Score: 0

 

6(7.3)

15(9.1)

21 (8.5)

 

6(8.9)

0(0)

6(7.32)

 

 Score: 1

 

18(22.0)

59(35.8)

77 (31.2)

 

15(22.4)

3(20.0)

18(21.95)

 

 Score: 2

 

38(46.3)

75(45.4)

113 (45.8)

 

28(41.9)

10(66.6)

38 (46.34)

 

 Score: 3

 

15(18.3)

13(7.9)

28 (11.3)

 

14(20.9)

1(6.7)

15(18.29)

 

 Score: 4

 

5(6.1)

3(1.8)

8 (3.2)

 

4(5.9)

1(6.7)

5(6.10)

 

Oral diseases

         

Carious lesions

    

0.03

   

0.6

 Yes

 

60(71.4)

95(57.6)

155(62.3)

 

50(72.5)

10(66.7)

60(71.4)

 

Periodontitis¥

    

<10−2

   

0.2

 Yes

 

20(24.4)

16(9.7)

36(14.6)

 

18(26.9)

2(13.3)

20(24.4)

 

Oral-mucosal lesions

    

<10−2

   

0.08

 Yes

 

20(23.8)

1(0.6)

21(8.4)

 

19 (27.5)

1(6.7)

20(23.8)

 
  1. p: < 0.05 was considered for statistical significance
  2. 0: healthy gum
  3. 1: presence of bleeding
  4. 2: presence of calculus
  5. 3: presence of pockets of 4 to 5 mm
  6. 4: pocket over 6 mm
  7. *: CPI : Community Periodontal Index
  8. $Decayed, Missing and Filled Teeth index ; M(SD) = mean (standard deviation)
  9. &: Two missing data during analysis
  10. ¥: Periodontitis = CPI index ≥ 3 (CPI = Community Periodontal Index)