Table 6 Intergroup comparisons of participants stratified by CAVI (n = 525)

Periodontal parameters

 Number of teeth

27.4 (6.9)

25.6 (4.8)***

23.2 (6.9)***

 < 0.001^†

 PPD (mm)

2.7 (0.5)

2.8 (0.6)

2.9 (0.7)

0.016^†

 BOP sites / mouth

18.4 (22.0)

17.7 (21.0)

13.5 (16.0)

0.059^†

 PESA (mm²)

1399.0 (274.6)

1385.6 (346.5)

1247.8 (359.6)***

0.001^†

 PISA (mm²)

201.5 (262.2)

210.9 (297.7)

157.4 (195.9)

0.141^†

 Health examination

 Age

45.9 (7.7)

56.6 (8.5)***

64.2 (6.4)***

 < 0.001^†

 Weight (kg)

69.1 (11.9)

66.6 (10.5)*

65.5 (9.8)*

0.009^†

 BMI (kg/m²)

23.6 (3.4)

23.9 (3.1)

23.3 (2.7)

0.335^†

 Triglyceride (mg/dL)

116.7 (73.6)

130.5 (108.7)

127.6 (87.1)

0.251^†

 LDL (mg/dL)

123.3 (27.9)

119.7 (28.7)

118.0 (27.0)

0.200^¶

 HDL (mg/dL)

60.4 (14.7)

58.5 (15.1)

60.7 (16.6)

0.375^¶

 FBG (mg/dL)

100.5 (8.4)

110.7 (21.2)***

118.1 (20.4)***

 < 0.001^†

 HbA1c (%)

5.38 (0.20)

5.84 (0.76)***

5.95 (0.68)***

 < 0.001^†

 % FEV₁

80.2 (6.3)

79.0 (6.2)*

76.7 (7.6)***

 < 0.001^†

 CAVI

7.2 (0.5)

8.4 (0.3)***

9.5 (0.5)***

 < 0.001^†

Smoking (n, (%))

0.001^§

 Never

110 (44.9)

70 (37.4)

36 (38.7)

 Former

65 (26.5)

69 (36.9)

45 (48.4)

 Current

70 (28.6)

48 (25.7)

12 (12.9)

Occlusal function (Total n = 403)

n

186

140

77

 Bite force (N)

456.3 (256.6)

357.8 (199.2)***

316.0 (200.0)***

 < 0.001^†