Table 6.
Association between socio-demography and knowledge of association between systemic conditions and periodontal disease.
| Variables | Age group (years) |
p value | Gender |
p value | Designation |
p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26–35% | 36–45% | Male % | Female % | Junior % | Senior % | ||||
| Smoking | 91.5 | 92.6 | 0.607 | 89.2 | 97.1 | 0.150 | 94.5 | 77.8 | 0.039∗ |
| HIV/AIDS | 78 | 85.2 | 0.308 | 78.4 | 82.9 | 0.773 | 84.6 | 55.6 | 0.013∗ |
| Diabetes mellitus | 74.4 | 88.9 | 0.091 | 87.7 | 80 | 0.919 | 76.9 | 83.3 | 0.402 |
| Leukemia | 64.6 | 55.6 | 0.538 | 59.5 | 68.6 | 0.481 | 65.9 | 44.4 | 0.146 |
| Stress | 56.1 | 48.1 | 0.620 | 54.1 | 54.3 | 0.855 | 58.2 | 33.3 | 0.093 |
| CKD | 51.2 | 51.9 | 0.869 | 48.6 | 57.1 | 0.533 | 52.7 | 44.4 | 0.700 |
| Downs syndrome | 35.8 | 40.7 | 0.818 | 40.5 | 29.4 | 0.369 | 36.7 | 38.9 | 0.929 |
| Pregnancy | 34.1 | 37 | 0.968 | 31.1 | 42.9 | 0.323 | 34.1 | 38.9 | 0.903 |
| Osteoporosis | 29.6 | 33.3 | 0.904 | 28.4 | 35.3 | 0.617 | 31.1 | 27.8 | 1.000 |
| Erectile dysfunction | 14.6 | 22.2 | 0.534 | 18.9 | 11.4 | 0.244 | 14.3 | 27.8 | 0.289 |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 23.5 | 25.9 | 1.000 | 25.7 | 20.6 | 0.740 | 25.6 | 16.7 | 0.318 |
Chronic Kidney Disease = CKD.
∗
Statistically significant