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. 2023 Jul 1;27(4):386–391. doi: 10.4103/jisp.jisp_3_22

Table 2.

Crude odds ratio for periodontitis and dental caries among study participants

Cases, n (%) Controls, n (%) Crude OR Relative risk Total, n (%) P
Periodontitisa
 Present 47 (25.4) 8 (4.3) 6.6 1.97 55 (14.9) 0.000*
 Absent 138 (74.6) 177 (95.7) 315 (85.1)
Dental cariesa
 Present 137 (74.0) 162 (87.6) 0.405 0.67 299 (80.8) 0.001*
 Absent 48 (26.0) 23 (12.4) 71 (19.2)
Total 185 185 370

Test applied: aChi-square test. *Statistically Significant (P<0.05). OR – Odds ratio; PP-value; n – Frequencies