Table 2:
Characteristics of n=248 PET cohort by PPC, ARIC
| Categories of Periodontal Profile Class | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthy | Mild Disease | High GI | Tooth Loss | Posterior Disease | Severe Tooth Loss | Severe Disease | Edentulous | p-value | |
| N | 42 | 33 | 44 | 28 | 15 | 30 | 23 | 33 | |
| Visit 5 age, (SE) | 74.8 (0.7) | 75.9 (1.1) | 75.1 (0.8) | 78.4 (1.1) | 75.1 (1.2) | 77.3 (1.0) | 74.8 (1.1) | 76.2 (0.9) | 0.11 |
| Sex %,(n) | 0.18 | ||||||||
| Male | 35.71 (15) | 46.48 (16) | 43.18 (19) | 50.00 (14) | 60.00 (9) | 23.33 (7) | 56.52 (13) | 42.42 (14) | |
| Female | 64.29 (27) | 51.52 (17) | 56.82 (25) | 50.00 (14) | 40.00 (6) | 76.67 (23) | 43.48 (10) | 57.58 (19) | |
| Race %,(n) | <0.01* | ||||||||
| Black | 16.67 (7) | 3.03 (1) | 95.45 (42) | 32.14 (9) | 0.00 (0) | 40.00 (12) | 60.87 (14) | 39.39 (13) | |
| White | 83.33 (35) | 96.97 (32) | 4.55 (2) | 67.86 (19) | 100.00 (15) | 60.00 (18) | 39.13 (9) | 60.61 (20) | |
| Mean Number of Teeth (SE) | 26 (2) | 27 (3) | 20 (4) | 15 (5) | 26 (3) | 8 (2) | 25 (4) | 0 (0) | <0.01* |
| Dental Visit Frequency %,(n) | <0.01* | ||||||||
| Regular | 88.10 (37) | 84.85 (28) | 50.00 (22) | 64.29 (18) | 86.67 (13) | 36.67 (11) | 65.22 (15) | 6.06 (2) | |
| Occasionally | 11.90 (5) | 12.12 (4) | 50.00 (22) | 32.14 (9) | 13.33 (2) | 60.00 (18) | 34.78 (8) | 87.88 (29) | |
| Never/other | 0.00 (0) | 3.03 (1) | 0.00 (0) | 3.57 (1) | 0.00 (0) | 3.33 (1) | 0.00 (0) | 6.06 (2) | |
| APOE ε4 alleles %,(n) | 0.30 | ||||||||
| 0 | 80.95 (34) | 69.70 (23) | 56.82 (25) | 71.43 (20) | 80.00 (12) | 66.67 (20) | 56.52 (13) | 66.67 (22) | |
| 1+ | 19.05 (8) | 30.30 (10) | 43.18 (19) | 28.57 (8) | 20.00 (3) | 33.33 (10) | 43.48 (10) | 33.33 (11) | |
Abbreviations: PPC = Periodontal Profile Class; GI = gingival inflammation; APOE = Apolipoprotein E.
P-values correspond to statistical differences across PPC;
(*)
indicates statistical significance.