From: Periodontal health in an indigenous Sámi population in Northern Norway: a cross-sectional study
Periodontal measurements | Age Groups (years) | Total | ||||||||
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18–34 | 35–49 | 50–64 | 65–75 | 18–75 | ||||||
Ethnicity | Sámi | Non-Sámi | Sámi | Non-Sámi | Sámi | Non-Sámi | Sámi | Non-Sámi | Sámi | Non-Sámi |
Number of individuals | 313 | 106 | 435 | 252 | 468 | 241 | 165 | 98 | 1381 | 697 |
RBL, proportionsa | ||||||||||
RBL 15–33% | 3.8 | 5.7 | 32.6 | 25.0 | 59.4 | 53.5 | 53.9 | 57.1 | 37.7 | 36.4 |
RBL > 33% | 0.3 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 5.6 | 23.3 | 21.2 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 12.1 | 12.9 |
PD, proportionsa | ||||||||||
One or more PD ≥ 4 mm | 40.6 | 40.6 | 63.7 | 56.4 | 71.6 | 63.1 | 73.3 | 81.6 | 62.3 | 59.8 |
One or more PD ≥ 6 mm | 5.1 | 5.7 | 16.1 | 10.3b | 29.1 | 19.9 | 27.3 | 27.5 | 19.4 | 15.6 |
PD, mean (SE)b | ||||||||||
Proportions of sites/mouth | ||||||||||
PD ≥ 4 mm | 3.5 (0.4) | 3.8 (0.7) | 7.7 (0.5) | 6.8 (0.7) | 10.5 (0.7) | 10.1 (1.0) | 8.8 (0.9) | 11.7 (1.4) | 8.0 (0.3) | 8.2 (0.5) |
PD ≥ 6 mm | 0.2 (0.0) | 0.1 (0.1) | 0.5 (0.1) | 0.4 (0.1) | 1.3 (0.2) | 1.1 (0.2) | 1.2 (0.2) | 1.2 (0.3) | 0.8 (0.1) | 0.7 (0.1) |