Table 3.
Dental and oral health.
| Parameter | C (n = 42) | S (n = 49) | P (n = 8) | Significant differences | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C vs. S | C vs. P | S vs. P | |||||
| Decayed/missing/filled teeth (DMFT)a | [n] | 23.5 (18; 26.3) | 23 (17.5; 28) | 25 (23.5; 27.8) | – | – | – |
| Decayed teetha | [n] | 0 (0; 0.3) | 0 (0; 1) | 0 (0; 4) | – | – | – |
| Root remantsa | [n] | 0 (0; 0) | 0 (0; 0) | 0 (0; 1.5) | – | – | – |
| Missing teetha | [n] | 9 (5.5; 16.5) | 10 (6; 25) | 22 (11.3; 25.8) | – | 0.041 | – |
| Restored teetha | [n] | 14 (9.5; 20) | 11 (5; 17) | 5 (0.3; 16.3) | – | – | – |
| Edentulous (full denture wearers)b | yes | 7.1% (3) | 12.2% (6) | 0% (0) | – | – | – |
| Regular recallb | yes | 78.6% (33) | 73.5% (36) | 62.5% (5) | – | – | – |
| APIa,* | [%] | 40 (19.4; 67.7) | 62.5 (35.5; 100) | 100 (66.1; 100) | 0.014 | 0.004 | – |
| [mm] | 4 (2; 6) | 5 (2; 6) | 3 (3; 7) | – | – | – | |
C, stroke mimics; S, stroke patients without pneumonia; P, stroke patients with pneumonia; API, approximal plaque index; PPDmax, maximum probing pocket depth.
Depiction of mediansa (first quartile; third quartile) or relative proportionsb (numbers of patients) and statistically significant differences from pairwise comparisons (Mann–Whitney U or χ2-tests, respectively; α = 0.05). For evaluation of the general influence of a given parameter among all groups, α was adjusted according to the error rates method to α*(3) = 0.01695243.
measured in 39, 43, and 8 patients from groups C, S, and P, respectively;
#measured in 39, 43, and 7 patients from groups C, S, and P, respectively; p-value, significant (p ≤ 0.05); –, not significant (p > 0.05).