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. 2021 Nov 20;18(22):12203. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182212203

Table 10.

Periodontal parameters in MI and NMI: API, PBI, DI-s. PLI, GI, presence of plaque and calculus on six sextants.

Study Clinical Index IM
(Mean ± SD); Mean (CI 95%)
NIM
(Mean ± SD); Mean (CI 95%)
p Value
Aarabi et al. 2018 [34] API
PBI
55.3 ± 32.3
46.3 ± 21.1
33.0 ± 28.2)
30.5 ± 4.5
0.002
0.016
Gatou et al. 2011 [42] DI-s 0.94 ± 0.03 0.72 ± 0.01 0.001
Jacobsson et al. 2011 [45] PLI PI in the different age group:
3 yo = 13.5 (3.4–23.5)
5 yo = 13.6 (4.6–22.5)
10 yo = 53.1 (35.4–70.8)
15 yo = 31.8 (18.1–45.5)
PI in the different age group:
3 yo = 7.3 (4.2–10.3)
5 yo = 9.4 (6.7–12.0)
10 yo = 28.5 (22.3–34.7)
15 yo = 32.5 (25.8–39.2)

0.125
0.355
0.012
0.927
GI BoP in the different age group:
3 yo = 14.6 (7.9–21.2)
5 yo = 11.9 6.9–16.8
10 yo = 26.1 (20.2–32.0)
15 yo = 22.5 (14.7–30.4)
BoP in the different age group:
3 yo = 4.4 (3.5–5.3)
5 yo = 8.7 (6.9–19.5)
10 yo = 17.2 (14.5–20.0)
15 yo = 20.8 (16.9–24.7)
0.005
0.152
0.005
0.675
Rouxel et al. 2018 [51] Gingivitis Indian: 26.3%
Pakistani: 25.1%
Bangladeshi: 42.2%
Black African: 11.9%
Black Caribbean: 15.4%
White British & Irish: 23.3%
Plaque Indian: 31.8%
Pakistani: 50.8%
Bangladeshi: 56.8%
Black African: 25.4%
Black Caribbean: 27.0%
White British & Irish: 32%
Solyman et al. 2018 [52] Presence of Plaque on six sextants 78.85% / /
Presence of calculus on six sextants 29.86% /

API = Approximal Plaque Index; DI-S = Simplified Debris Index; GI = Gingival indices; MPS = Mucosal Plaque Index; PBI = Papillar Bleeding Index; PLI = Plaque indices grades 2 and 3 (Silness and Loe 1964).