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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Periodontol. 2018 May;89(5):558–570. doi: 10.1002/JPER.17-0368

Table 3.

Results of pairwise comparisons for reduction in gingival inflammation outcome measures (BOP, GI) based on NMA

Floss FL_2 TP TO WJ IB MD Ctrl Powered Ctrl

BOP Mean % BOP difference between OH methods (95% Confidence interval)
FL2 −0.011
(−0.049, 0.028)
TP 0.016
(−0.033, −0.066)
0.027
(−0.027, 0.081)
TO 0.187
(−0.002, 0.377)
0.198
(0.005, 0.391)
0.171
(−0.021, 0.362)
WJ 0.116
(0.079, 0.153)
0.126
(0.073, 0.180)
0.099
(0.038, 0.160)
−0.072
(−0.263, 0.119)
IB 0.071
(−0.054, 0.196)
0.082
(−0.049, 0.213)
0.054
(−0.080, 0.188)
−0.116
(−0.344, 0.11)
−0.045
(−0.175, 0.085)
MD −0.039
(−0.089, 0.011)
−0.028
(−0.091, 0.035)
−0.055
(−0.126, 0.014)
−0.226
(−0.422, −0.03)
−0.155
(−0.217, −0.093)
−0.110
(−0.244, 0.025)
Ctrl −0.077
(−0.103, −0.051)
−0.066
(−0.112, −0.020)
−0.094
(−0.149, −0.039)
−0.264
(−0.454, −0.075)
−0.193
(−0.224, −0.162)
−0.148
(−0.276, −0.020)
−0.038
(−0.094, 0.018)
Powered Ctrl 0.013
(−0.026, 0.051)
0.024
(−0.031, 0.078)
−0.004
(−0.066, 0.058)
−0.175
(−0.366, 0.017)
−0.103
(−0.127, −0.079)
−0.058
(−0.189, 0.073)
0.052
(−0.011, 0.115)
0.09
(0.058, 0.121)
PW 0.081
(−0.036, 0.199)
0.092
(−0.031, 0.215)
0.065
(−0.062, 0.192)
−0.106
(−0.328, 0.116)
−0.034
(−0.150, 0.083)
0.011
(−0.161, 0.182)
0.12
(−0.008, 0.248)
0.159
(0.041, 0.276)
Floss FL_2 TP WJ IB MD Ctrl Powered Ctrl

GI Mean GI difference between OH methods (95% Confidence interval)
FL_2 −0.044
(−0.081, −0.006)
TP −0.023
(−0.093, 0.048)
0.021
(−0.051, 0.093)
WJ 0.104
(0.050, 0.158)
0.148
(0.096, 0.200)
0.127
(0.042, 0.212)
IB 0.138
(0, 0.278)
0.182
(0.039, 0.325)
0.161
(0.005, 0.317)
0.034
(−0.115, 0.183)
MD 0.07
(0.039, 0.102)
0.114
(0.065, 0.163)
0.093
(0.016, 0.170)
−0.034
(−0.097, 0.028)
−0.068
(−0.211, 0.074)
Ctrl −0.089
(−0.126, −0.053)
−0.046
(−0.066, −0.026)
−0.067
(−0.139, 0.006)
−0.194
(−0.244, −0.143)
−0.228
(−0.371, −0.086)
−0.16
(−0.208, −0.111)
Powered Ctrl −0.024
(−0.063, 0.015)
0.02
(−0.003, 0.042)
−0.001
(−0.075, 0.072)
−0.128
(−0.179, −0.078)
−0.162
(−0.306, −0.02)
−0.094
(−0.144, −0.044)
0.065
(0.046, 0.085)
PW 0.051
(−0.043, 0.146)
0.095
(−0.001, 0.191)
0.074
(−0.042, 0.190)
−0.053
(−0.145, 0.039)
−0.087
(−0.255, 0.081)
−0.019
(−0.119, 0.081)
0.141
(0.046, 0.236)
0.075
(−0.02, 0.172)