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Table 2 Factors associated with or without the different types of periodontal diseases

From: Periodontal disease in a young Romanian convenience sample: radiographic assessment

 

NL

CrP

AgP

Significance

N

51

81

17

p

p

p

p

    

NL/CrP/Ag

NL/CrP

NL/AgP

CrP/AgP

Age (n=149)

Younger ≤31

45 (47.9%)

45 (47.9%)

4 (4.3%)

    

Older >31

6 (10.9%)

336 (65.5%)

13 (23.6%)

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.02

Gender

       

Female

28 (38.8%)

35 (48.6%)

9 (12.5%)

    

Male

23 (29.9%)

46 (59.7%)

8 (10.4%)

0.39

0.19

0.88

0.46

Education (n=126)

High (>9)

37 (36.3%)

55 (53.9%)

10 (9.8%)

    

Low (≤8)

2 (8.3%)

15 (62.5%)

7 (29.2%)

0.01

0.02

0.01

0.09

Family history (n=123)

No

32 (45.7%)

36 (51.4%)

2 (2.9%)

    

Yes

10 (18.9%)

30 (56.6%)

13 (24.5%)

0.01

0.03

0.01

0.01

Residency (n=146)

Urban

40 (35.1%)

64 (56.1%

10 (8.8%)

    

Rural

9 (28.1%)

16 (50%)

7 (21.9%)

0.12

0.82

0.06

0.06

Married (n=146)

Yes

21 (25.9%)

49 (60.5%)

11 (13.6%)

    

No

28 (43.1%)

31 (47.7%)

6 (9.2%)

0.09

0.04

0.12

0.79

Ethnicity (n=148)

Romanian

40 (32.3%)

72 (58.1%)

12 (9.7%)

    

Serbian

9 (81.8%)

1 (9.1%)

1 (9.1%)

    

Hungarian

1 (7.7%)

8 (61.5%

4 (30.8%)

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.12

Smoking (n=125)

No

31 (41.9%)

38 (51.4%

5 (6.8%)

    

Yes

10 (19.6%)

30 (58.8%)

11 (21.6%)

0.01

0.04

0.01

0.08

Brushing (n=78)

No

1 (8.3%)

7 (58.3%)

4 (33.3%)

    

Yes

21 (31.8%)

38 (57.6%)

7 (10.6%)

0.06

0.19

0.02

0.12

Flossing (n=77)

No

17 (29.3%)

32 (55.2%)

9 (15.5%)

    

Yes

5 (26.3%)

12 (63.2%)

2 (10.5%)

0.80

0.69

0.76

0.54

Cleanings (n=77)

No

14 (32.6%)

20 (46.5%)

9 (20.9%)

    

Yes

8 (23.5%)

24 (70.6%)

2 (5.9%)

0.07

0.16

0.28

0.03

SC/RP (n=76)

No

22 (31.4%)

40 (57.1%)

8 (11.4%)

    

Yes

0 (0.0%)

3 (50.0%)

3 (50.0%)

0.02

0 21

0.01

0.06

Tooth number

High (>22)

48 (45.7%)

53 (50.5%)

4 (3.8%)

    

Low (≤22)

3 (6.8%)

28 (63.6%)

13 (29.5%)

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

Root rest number

0.75 (1.20)

1.68 (2.94)

1.59 (1.37)

0.03kw

0.04

0.01

0.26

Carious lesions

3.12 (2.62)

3.61 (2.75)

4.47 (3.91)

0.38kw

0.25

0.28

0.58

Fillings

3.76 (4.38)

4.24 (2.30)

1.47 (2.15)

0.14kw

0.26

0.28

0.06

Crowns

0.67 (1.85)

1.44 (2.30)

1.47 (2.15)

0.06kw

0.03

0.08

0.84

Endodontic treat

1.61 (2.13)

2.48 (2.82)

1.76 (2.19)

0.15kw

0.07

0.88

0.28

Periapical lesions

1.00 (1.67)

1.44 (1.56)

1.41 (1.81)

0.39kw

0.16

0.66

0.74

  1. NL=no periodontitis; CrP=chronic periodontitis; AgP=aggressive periodontitis. Continuous data are presented as mean (SD); Categorical data is presented as percentages. P=p value; NL/CrP/AgP=comparison among NL, CrP and AgP; NL/CrP=comparison between NL and CrP group; NL/AgP=comparison between NL and AgP group; CrP/AgP=comparison between CrP and AgP group
  2. KW=Kruskal-Wallis. KW test was followed by MW tests