Table 4.
Medicine Residents’ knowledge of association between systemic conditions and periodontal disease.
| Systemic condition | Yes n (%) |
No n (%) |
Not sure n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoking | 100 (91.7) | 1 (0.9) | 8 (7.3) |
| HIV/AIDS | 87 (79.8) | 6 (5.5) | 16 (14.7) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 85 (77.9) | 5 (4.6) | 19 (17.4) |
| Leukemia | 68 (62.4) | 7 (6.4) | 34 (31.2) |
| Stress | 59 (54.1) | 11 (10.1) | 39 (35.8) |
| Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) | 56 (51.4) | 10 (9.2) | 43 (39.4) |
| Downs syndrome | 40 (37.0) | 9 (8.3) | 59 (54.6) |
| Pregnancy | 38 (34.9) | 19 (17.4) | 52 (47.7) |
| Osteoporosis | 33 (30.6) | 11 (10.2) | 64 (59.3) |
| Erectile dysfunction | 18 (16.5) | 32 (29.4) | 59 (54.1) |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 10 (9.2) | 40 (36.7) | 59 (54.1) |