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. 2021 Feb 24:1–7. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1038/s41415-021-2656-1

Table 4.

Assessment of the effect of oral health and COVID-19 severity of the included participants on their recovery period and CRP values (secondary endpoints) with a significant difference as p value <0.001

Secondary endpoint COVID-19 severity P value Oral health status P value
Severe Mild Poor Fair Good
Recovery period Six weeks Count 36 14 <0.001 26 18 6 <0.001
% 45.0% 6.1% 40.6% 10.8% 7.7%
Four weeks Count 36 54 28 54 8
% 45.0% 23.7% 43.8% 32.5% 10.3%
Two weeks Count 8 160 10 94 64
% 10.0% 70.2% 15.6% 56.6% 82.1%
CRP More than 18 Count 60 42 <0.001 42 40 20 <0.001
% 75.0% 18.4% 65.6% 24.1% 25.6%
Less than 18 Count 20 186 22 126 58
% 25.0% 81.6% 34.4% 75.9% 74.4%