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Table 4. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS WITH PERIODONTAL PARAMETERS OF RESPONDENTS.

		PERIODONTAL PARAMETERS
		Simplified Oral Hygiene Index	Gingival Index	WORST CPITN SCORE
CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS		Simplified Oral Hygiene Index	Gingival Index	WORST CPITN SCORE
Body Mass Index	Pearson Correlationp-value	0.0640.526	-0.0030.980	0.1180.241
Waist Circumference	Pearson Correlationp-value	-0.0200.840	0.278**0.005	0.0330.743
Systolic Blood Pressure	Pearson Correlationp-value	0.389**0.000	0.312**0.002	0.1430.157
Diastolic Blood Pressure	Pearson Correlationp-value	0.256*0.010	0.247*0.013	0.0370.712
Mean CIMT	Pearson Correlationp-value	0.249*0.012	0.230*0.021	0.0980.333
** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)
* Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)