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. 2018 Sep;18(3):601–611. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v18i3.18

Table 3.

Adverse maternal outcome associated with periodontal disease (N = 1117)

Outcome Total Periodontal disease OR (95% CI) p-value

Present Absent
n (%) n (%)
Pre-eclampsia
Yes 101 33 (32.7) 68 (67.3)
No 1016 126 (12.4) 890 (87.6) 3.4 (2.2–5.4) <0.001
Eclampsia
Yes 16 5 (31.2) 11 (68.8)
No 1101 154 (14.0) 947 (86.0) 2.8 (1.0–8.2) 0.050
Severity of pre-
eclampsia (n=101):
Mild 39 9 (23.1) 30 (76.9)
Severe 62 24 (38.7) 38 (61.3) 0.5 (0.2–1.2) 0.103
Pre-term premature
rupture of
membranes (n=110):
Yes 26 9 (34.6) 17 (65.4)
No 84 22 (26.2) 62 (73.8) 1.5 (0.6–3.8) 0.404