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Published in final edited form as: Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2009 Jul 14;37(5):427–437. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2009.00485.x

Table 2.

Characterization of periodontal, microbiological and immunological measures in 112 HIV+ adults.

Variable	Summary Measure
Periodontal Measures (mm)	Mean (SD)
Total teeth	26.2 (3.0)
Mean Periodontal Probing Depth (PPD)	2.9 (0.6)
Mean Max PPD^*	4.2 (0.8)
Mean Clinical Attachment Level (CAL)	2.5 (1.3)
Mean Max CAL^*	4.0 (1.7)
Mean % of teeth with ≥ 1 site with:
PPD ≥5 mm	38 ( 24)
CAL ≥4 mm	50 ( 32)
Recession (REC) > 0 mm	55 ( 31)
Microbiological Measures (log genome copy number/ug DNA)
Porphymonas gingivalis (Pg)	4.1 (2.1)
Treponema denticola (Td)	4.7 (1.7)
Tannerella forsythia (Tf)	5.3 (1.4)
Total Plaque DNA (µg)	5.5 (3.37)
Clinical Measures	Median (Range)
CD4+ T-cell count (cells/mm³)^**	410 (5–1,186)
Viral Load (copies/mL)^**	63 ( 50–750,000)
Nadir CD4+ T-cell count (cells/mm³)^**	172 (0–615)
Months since first seropositive	86 (2–290)
Months on HAART	14 (0–137)
Not on HAART (number of subjects, %)	10 (9.7%)
On HAART <2 months (number of subjects, %)	12 (11.7%)

Denotes the mean of the maximum value at each tooth.

^**

Data closest to and before the baseline visit.