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. 2023 Nov 23;14:1243992. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1243992

Table 2.

Periodontal parameters of the subjects.

Oral parameters Normal-to-mild group (n=184) Moderate-to-severe group (n=88) P value
PI 1.76 ± 0.24 1.85 ± 0.38 0.168
PD 3.02 ± 0.68 3.01 ± 0.65 0.957
CI 1.78 ± 0.25 1.82 ± 0.35 0.445
CAL 3.51 ± 1.21 3.97 ± 1.06* 0.05
GI 2.29 ± 0.34 2.35 ± 0.32 0.404
Number of teeth (n)
>25 116 33* 0.0001
11-24 61 48* 0.01
<10 7 7 0.248
Number of teeth lost 4.99 ± 7.3 8.56 ± 7.54* 0.016
Severity of periodontitis (n)
Mild 50 15 0.067
Moderate 70 32 0.789
Severe 64 41 0.061
Severity staging of periodontitis for males (n)
Mild 22 8 0.292
Moderate 33 11 0.054
Severe 38 35* 0.005
Severity of staging periodontitis for females (n)
Mild 29 6 0.143
Moderate 36 21* 0.027
Severe 26 7 0.368

Continuous variables are expressed in the form mean ± SD; categorical variables are expressed as percentages.

*p < 0.05 vs. normal-to-mild group.