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Table 3 Smoking, Family History and Parents’ Consanguinity

From: Risk indicators of aggressive periodontitis in a Jordanian population

Variable

AgP

N (%)

N = 81

Control

N (%)

N = 81

Significance*

AgP vs. control

Smoking

  

0.833

 No

68 (84.0)

67 (82.7)

 

 Yes

13 (16.0)

14 (17.3)

 

Number of cigarettes/day

  

<  0.0001

  < 10

13 (100.0)

4 (28.6)

 

  ≥ 10

0 (0.0)

10 (71.4)

 

Duration of smoking (yr)

  

0.332

  < 5

5 (38.5)

8 (57.1)

 

  ≥ 5

8 (61.5)

6 (42.9)

 

Family history

  

0.012

 No

34 (42.0)

50 (61.7)

 

 Yes

47 (58.0)

31 (38.3)

 

Parents’ consanguinity

  

0.335

 No

46 (56.8)

52 (64.2)

 

 Yes

35 (43.2)

29 (35.8)

 
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