. 2014 Jan;21(1):21–28. doi: 10.1128/CVI.00291-13

TABLE 1.

Clinical parameters of groups of 5 mothers in the oral hygiene group and 5 in the gingivitis and periodontitis group

Time of data collection by group	Plaque index	Bleeding index	Pocket depth (mm)
Hygiene
Baseline	2.42 ± 0.45	1.05 ± 0.31	1.75 ± 0.35
6 mo	1.23 ± 0.13^a	0.22 ± 0.11^a	1.36 ± 0.22^a
12 mo	1.29 ± 0.21^a	0.26 ± 0.16^a	1.33 ± 0.15^a
24 mo	1.36 ± 0.17^a	0.41 ± 0.20^a	1.40 ± 0.18^a
Gingivitis/periodontitis
Baseline	2.48 ± 0.51	1.09 ± 0.40	1.87 ± 0.41
6 mo	2.58 ± 0.44	1.43 ± 0.35	2.01 ± 0.52
12 mo	2.53 ± 0.62	1.26 ± 0.37	1.93 ± 0.39
24 mo	2.61 ± 0.45	1.56 ± 0.42	2.00 ± 0.58

Denotes significantly different from baseline (at least P < 0.05).