Table 4.

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

Outcome	Total	Periodontal disease		OR (95% CI)	p-value
		Present	Absent
		n (%)	n (%)
		Gestational age at delivery (weeks):
Term/ postdate	1007	128 (12.7)	879 (87.3)
Preterm	110	31 (28.2)	79 (71.8)	2.7 (1.7–4.2)	<0.001
Birth-weight (kg):
Mean (SD)	1117	2.9 (0.7)	3.1 (0.6)	−0.2 [(−0.3 – (−0.1)]	<0.001
Normal	941	122 (13.0)	819 (87.0)	1.0
Low birthweight	123	34 (27.6)	89 (72.4)	2.6 (1.7–4.0)	<0.001
Overweight	53	3 (5.7)	50 (94.3)	0.4 (0.1–1.3)	0.138*

^*Fisher Exact p-value