Table 1.
Patient characteristics and clinical outcomes of patients from the original study who did or did not participate in the follow‐up studya, b
|
Participating Patients n = 43 |
Non‐Participating Patients n = 68 |
p Valuec | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 58 ± 12 | 56 ± 11 | .40 |
| Sex (n females) | 23 (54%) | 36 (53%) | .96 |
| Smokers (n) | 11 (26%) | 20 (29%) | .66 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 28.6 ± 5.8 | 28.8 ± 5.0 | .86 |
| Probing depth (# sites ≥4 mm) | |||
| Pre‐SRP | 92 ± 38 | 92 ± 43 | .99 |
| Post‐SRP | 14 ± 13 | 18 ± 17 | .30 |
| Bleeding on probing (# sites) | |||
| Pre‐SRP | 71 ± 45 | 77 ± 52 | .56 |
| Post‐SRP | 5 ± 7 | 10 ± 21 | .19 |
| Plaque score (% teeth) | |||
| Pre‐SRP | 65 ± 31 | 74 ± 27 | .15 |
| Post‐SRP | 29 ± 24 | 39 ± 25 | .07 |
| Mobility (# teeth) | |||
| Pre‐SRP | 4 ± 5 | 5 ± 6 | .56 |
a
Data are from the original study (Dodington et al., 2015) as the majority of patients not participating in the follow‐up study were no longer patients at the specialty clinic.
b
All values are mean ± SD for continuous variables and counts (%) for categorical variables.
c
Differences among groups were calculated by independent sample t test.