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. 2021 Apr 20;10(8):1787. doi: 10.3390/jcm10081787

Table 2.

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of T2DM patients (mean ± SD (range) or n (%)) according to the periodontal status.

Variable No/Mild Periodontitis
(n = 9)
Moderate Periodontitis
(n = 28)
Severe Periodontitis
(n = 67)
Total p Value
Age (years) 60.1 ± 17.1 (40–79) 66.0 ± 9.7 (47–80) 65.8 ± 8.9 (43–80) 65.3 ± 10.1 (40–80) 0.266
Sex 0.240
Males 3 (4.9) 16 (26.2) 42 (68.9) 61 (58.7)
Females 6 (14.0) 12 (27.9) 25 (58.1) 43 (41.3)
Education level 0.902
<high school 5 (9.8) 14 (27.5) 32 (62.7) 51 (48.1)
high school or higher 4 (7.5) 14 (26.4) 35 (66.0) 53 (51.9)
Smoking 0.696
Yes 1 (16.7) 1 (16.7) 4 (66.6) 6 (5.8)
No 8 (8.2) 27 (27.5) 63 (64.3) 98 (94.2)
Alcohol consumption 0.455
Yes 5 (7.3) 15 (22.1) 48 (70.6) 68 (65.4)
No 4 (11.1) 13 (36.1) 19 (52.8) 36 (34.6)
Balanced diet 0.196
Yes 0 1 (10.0) 9 (90.0) 10 (9.6)
No 9 (9.6) 27 (28.7) 58 (61.7) 94 (90.4)
Leisure-time physical activity 0.904
Yes 4 (9.5) 12 (28.6) 26 (61.9) 42 (40.4)
No 5 (8.1) 16 (25.8) 41 (66.1) 62 (59.6)
Duration of diabetes (yrs) 14.9 ± 11.2 (1–38) 12.9 ± 11.9 (1–52) 14.7 ± 10.1 (1–42) 14.2 ± 10.7 (1–52) 0.754
Family history of T2DM 0.015
Yes 7 (9.9) 13 (18.3) 51 (71.8) 71 (68.3)
No 2 (6.1) 15 (45.4) 16 (48.5) 33 (31.7)
Chronic complications of diabetes 0.002
None 5 (12.2) 12 (29.3) 24 (58.5) 41 (39.4)
1 4 (10.8) 15 (40.5) 18 (48.6) 37 (35.6)
2 or more 0 (0.0) 1 (3.8) 25 (96.2) 26 (25.0)
Glycemic control <0.001
Good 8 (21.1) 15 (39.5) 15 (39.5) 38 (36.5)
Poor 1 (1.5) 13 (19.7) 52 (78.8) 66 (63.5)
HbA1c (%) 6.1 ± 0.7 (5.0–7.3) 7.1 ± 1.3 (5.4–10.0) 7.6 ± 1.1 (5.2–11.6) 7.4 ± 1.2 (5.0 –11.6) 0.001
BMI (kg/m2) 31.0 ± 6.3 (23.0–43.0) 27.9 ± 6.0 (18.0– 40.3) 29.3 ± 5.1 (17.0–40.8) 29.1 ± 5.5 (17.0–43.0) 0.295
WC (cm) 100.2 ± 11.3
(80.0–115.0)
98.4± 16.9
(66.0–130.0)
102.0 ± 13.5
(60.0M–134.0)
100.9 ± 14.3
(60.0–134.0)
0.533
TG (mg/dL) 136.1 ± 92.5
(57.0–374.0)
176.1 ± 109.4
(63.0–107.0)
139.0 ± 59.6
(51.0–358.0)
148.8 ± 79.7
(51.0–107.0)
0.103
HDL-C (mg/dL) 52.2 ± 17.4
(38.0–83.0)
47.1 ± 15.6
(23.0–83.0)
50.3 ± 16.0
(24.0–90.0)
49.6 ± 15.9
(23.0–80.0)
0.592
LDL-C (mg/dL) 94.8 ± 43.6
(22.4–154.0)
91.9 ± 31.9
(38.4 –158.2)
95.0 ± 27.7
(47.6 –147.0)
94.1 ± 30.1
(22.4–158.2)
0.903
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 179.1 ± 29.0
(124.0–217.0)
174.6 ± 35.5
(101.0–207.0)
172.6 ± 30.0
(122.0–226.0)
173.7 ± 31.3
(101.0–227.0)
0.832
hs-CPR (mg/L) 0.7 ± 0.06 (0.0–2.0) 1.5 ± 1.2 (0.0–4.7) 3.1 ± 2.5 (0.2–9.9) 2.5 ± 2.3 (0.0–9.9) <0.001
Number of teeth 24.1 ± 3.8 (18–28) 22.1± 4.8 (10–28) 22.0 ± 4.9 (6–28) 22.2 ± 4.8 (6–28) 0.472
Full-mouth PISA (mm2) 415.5 ± 105.5
(229.0 – 575.0)
859.4 ± 199.5
(494.0 –1298.0)
1454.1 ± 431.3
(585.0 – 2732.0)
1204.1 ± 507.7
(229.0 –2732.0)
< 0.001

BMI: Body Mass Index; HbA1c: Glycated hemoglobin; WC: Waist circumference; TG: Triglycerides; HDL-C: High-density-lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: Low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol; hs-CRP: High-sensitivity C-reactive protein; PISA: Periodontal Inflamed Surface Area; T2DM: type 2 diabetes.