Table 3.
prevalence of periodontal diseases among diabetic and non-diabetic respondents
| Periodontal status | x2 | df | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Diabetes (%), N=110 | Non-diabetes (%), N=110 | |||
| Presence of periodontal disease | 100(90.9) | 79(71.8) | 11.251 | 1 | 0.000* |
| Absence of periodontal disease | 10(9.1) | 31(28.2) | |||
Statistically significant, X2-Chi-squared