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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: P R Health Sci J. 2011 Sep;30(3):123–127.

Table 4.

Mean distribution of dental plaque and calculus indexes and number of sites of bleeding on probing

Diabetic children (n=25) Non-diabetic children (n=25) p-value
Mean plaque index 2.5 0.8 0.007
Mean calculus index 0.3 0.0 0.550
Mean number of sites with bleeding on probing 23.9 (Range 2–52) 4.2 (Range 0–13) 0.001
Percentage of sites with bleeding on probing 29 (Range 4–72) 7 (Range 4–24) 0.001
Percentage of children with more than a 20% incidence of bleeding on probing (gingivitis) 35 0 <0.001