Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of patients with periodontitis^a

Patient	Age (yr)	Sex	Partial denture wearer	Smoker	% of periodontal pockets with BOP	% of patients with pocket depth of:		Healthy and periodontitis site sampled in patients with periodontitis
						>4 mm	>6 mm	Site	Probing depth (mm)	BOP	SOP
1	27	M	No	Yes	83.3	55	27.7	Healthy site	2	No	No
								Periodontitis site 1	5	Yes	No
								Periodontitis site 2	5	Yes	No
2b	40	F	Yes	No	93	93.5	91	Periodontitis site 1	7	Yes	No
								Periodontitis site 2	7	Yes	No
3	47	F	No	No	13	87	20	Healthy site	2	No	No
								Periodontitis site 1	8	Yes	No
								Periodontitis site 2	7	Yes	No
4	61	M	No	No	45.6	25.3	9.3	Healthy site	2	No	No
								Periodontitis site 1	6	Yes	No
								Periodontitis site 2	6	Yes	No
5	36	M	No	No	69.6	35.1	5.3	Healthy site	2	No	No
								Periodontitis site 1	4	Yes	No
								Periodontitis site 2	6	Yes	No
6	45	F	No	No	61	44	21.5	Healthy site	2	No	No
								Periodontitis site 1	10	Yes	No
								Periodontitis site 2	7	Yes	No
7	35	M	No	No	63	50	20	Healthy site	2	No	No
								Periodontitis site 1	6	Yes	No
								Periodontitis site 2	7	Yes	No
8	55	M	No	Yes	85.8	49.9	15.4	Healthy site	2	No	No
								Periodontitis site 1	6	Yes	No
								Periodontitis site 2	6	Yes	No
9	28	F	No	No	96.5	45.3	2.7	Healthy site	2	No	No
								Periodontitis site 1	7	Yes	No
								Periodontitis site 2	7	Yes	No
10	37	F	No	No	76.5	39.2	5.8	Healthy site	2	No	No
								Periodontitis site 1	5	Yes	No
								Periodontitis site 2	5	Yes	No
11b	45	M	Yes	Yes	100	77.7	21.1	Periodontitis site 1	7	Yes	Yes
								Periodontitis site 2	8	Yes	No
12	49	F	No	No	79.8	60.4	25.6	Healthy site	3	No	No
								Periodontitis site 1	9	Yes	No
								Periodontitis site 2	5	Yes	No
13	45	M	No	No	56.8	28.1	12.6	Healthy site	2	No	No
								Periodontitis site 1	10	Yes	Yes
								Periodontitis site 2	5	Yes	No
14	45	M	No	No	10.5	11.5	33.3	Healthy site	3	No	No
								Periodontitis site 1	6	Yes	No
								Periodontitis site 2	6	Yes	No
15	56	F	No	No	39.8	15.2	7.2	Healthy site	2	No	No
								Periodontitis site 1	6	Yes	No
								Periodontitis site 2	10	Yes	No
16	36	F	No	No	61.3	8.6	1.3	Healthy site	2	No	No
								Periodontitis site 1	4	Yes	No
								Periodontitis site 2	5	Yes	No
17	31	F	No	No	75	70	4	Healthy site	2	No	No
								Periodontitis site 1	8	Yes	No
								Periodontitis site 2	7	Yes	No
18	36	F	No	No	68.8	25.8	3.2	Healthy site	2	No	No
								Periodontitis site 1	5	Yes	No
								Periodontitis site 2	4	No	No
19	30	M	No	No	87.5	39.5	7.8	Healthy site	2	No	No
								Periodontitis site 1	4	Yes	No
								Periodontitis site 2	6	Yes	No
20	61	F	Yes	Yes	42.5	29.6	2.7	Healthy site	3	No	No
								Periodontitis site 1	4	Yes	No
								Periodontitis site 2	5	Yes	No
21	56	F	No	No	73.1	60.1	21.2	Healthy site	2	No	No
								Periodontitis site 1	7	Yes	No
								Periodontitis site 2	7	Yes	No

^aAbbreviations: BOP, presence of bleeding on probing of the periodontal pocket; SOP, presence of suppuration on probing of the periodontal pocket; M, male; F, female.

^bNo healthy sites were available for sampling for this patient.