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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the healthy/ localized stage I periodontitis and the localized stage II/III periodontitis

From: Erythrocyte indices and localized stage II/III periodontitis in military young men and women: CHIEF oral health study

Characteristics

Male (N = 1128)

Female (N = 158)

Healthy/localized stage I periodontitis (N = 803)

Localized stage II/III periodontitis (N = 325)

p value

Healthy/localized stage I periodontitis (N = 130)

Localized stage II/III periodontitis (N = 28)

p value

Age (years old)

30.10 ± 5.83

31.91 ± 5.54

< 0.001

27.97 ± 6.25

26.82 ± 6.37

0.38

Education level

      

 Up to senior high school

238 [29.6]

78 [24.0]

0.15

65 [50.0]

19 [67.9]

0.21

 College/University degree

542 [67.5]

238 [73.2]

 

64 [49.2]

9 [32.1]

 

 Postgraduate degree

23 [2.9]

9 [2.8]

 

1 [0.8]

0 [0.0]

 

Metabolic syndrome

464 [57.8]

217 [66.8]

0.005

34 [26.2]

11 [39.3]

0.16

Unhealthy behavior

      

 Current betel nut chewer

41 [5.1]

33 [10.2]

0.002

1 [0.8]

1 [3.6]

0.22

 Current tobacco smoker

160 [19.9]

73 [22.5]

0.33

3 [2.3]

2 [7.1]

0.18

Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)

122.56 ± 11.32

124.40 ± 13.31

0.01

111.67 ± 11.62

110.46 ± 10.52

0.61

Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg)

74.32 ± 9.46

75.69 ± 11.59

0.03

67.95 ± 9.44

68.11 ± 8.69

0.93

Waist circumference (cm)

85.36 ± 10.32

88.80 ± 10.67

< 0.001

75.99 ± 10.00

80.12 ± 8.36

0.03

Body mass index (kg/m2)

25.69 ± 3.70

26.84 ± 3.65

< 0.001

23.36 ± 3.42

24.25 ± 4.13

0.23

Blood test

      

 Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

180.55 ± 34.74

188.27 ± 36.64

0.001

174.26 ± 34.62

179.68 ± 30.34

0.44

 HDL-C (mmol/L)

48.17 ± 9.99

47.28 ± 10.44

0.18

58.46 ± 11.73

53.39 ± 10.34

0.03

 LDL-C (mmol/L)

110.94 ± 31.29

114.33 ± 31.04

0.09

98.24 ± 31.05

107.54 ± 27.43

0.14

 Serum triglycerides (mg/dL)

127.06 ± 99.78

162.34 ± 129.21

< 0.001

79.55 ± 40.70

93.18 ± 39.36

0.10

 Fasting glucose (mg/dL)

93.65 ± 16.41

93.74 ± 16.41

0.93

88.73 ± 8.60

86.61 ± 9.23

0.24

 Platelet count (103/uL)

252.89 ± 55.26

254.05 ± 53.77

0.74

271.91 ± 57.14

289.64 ± 60.34

0.14

 Leucocyte count (103/uL)

6.98 ± 1.66

7.26 ± 1.75

0.01

6.77 ± 1.87

7.24 ± 1.82

0.23

 Erythrocyte count (103/uL)

5.34 ± 0.43

5.31 ± 0.40

0.28

4.66 ± 0.45

4.76 ± 0.37

0.27

 HCT (%)

46.26 ± 2.57

46.62 ± 2.66

0.03

40.27 ± 3.04

41.80 ± 3.66

0.02

 MCV (fL)

86.86 ± 6.28

88.04 ± 5.99

0.004

86.83 ± 7.60

87.85 ± 5.85

0.50

 Hemoglobin (g/dL)

15.52 ± 0.96

15.59 ± 0.94

0.27

13.19 ± 1.11

13.73 ± 1.15

0.02

 Range: (min–max)

10.7–18.3

13.0–18.5

 

10.2–15.6

11.5–15.7

 

Full mouth bleeding scores

4.03 ± 1.72

17.77 ± 3.38

< 0.001

4.22 ± 1.78

16.75 ± 3.37

< 0.001

  1. A p-value <0.05 was defined as statistically significant and highlighted in bold
  2. Continuous variables are expressed as mean ± standard deviation, and categorical variables as N [%]
  3. HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HCT hematocrit, MCV mean corpuscular volume
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