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. 2013 Nov 24;13:557. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-557

Table 3.

Clinical oral and radiographic data of the study populations

  DM (n=8) Non-DM (n=13) P value*
Number of missing teeth
3.0 (1.0, 12.3)
2.0 (0, 4.0)
0.340
% of sites with PPD ≥ 4 mm
3.3 (0.6, 6.0)
3.1 (1.2, 5.1)
0.942
% of sites with CAL ≥ 4 mm
15.2 (12.9, 22.4)
9.1 (4.2, 33.5)
0.158
% of sites exhibiting BOP
30.1 (1.7, 47.1)
14.0 (7.8, 33.0 )
0.717
% of sites with bone loss ≥ 25
18.7 (5.8, 45.0)
4.2 (3.7, 16.0)
0.137
% on radiograms      

Data are presented in median (interquartile range).

*p-values were calculated by Mann-Whitney test.

Abbreviations: DM diabetes mellitus, PPD probing pocket depth, CAL clinical attachment level, BOP bleeding on probing.