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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants

From: Periodontal disease and atherosclerosis from the viewpoint of the relationship between community periodontal index of treatment needs and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity

 

Atherosclerosis (+)** (N = 45)

Atherosclerosis (-)** (N = 146)

p Value

 

Mean

± SD

Mean

± SD

 

Age

51.9

7.9

40.7

11.9

0.000*

Weight [kg]

65.4

9.3

68.2

11.3

0.027*

BMI [kg/m2]

23.5

3.2

23.5

3.3

0.942

Systolic blood pressure [mmHg]

143.6

16.3

127.1

11.5

0.000*

Diastolic blood pressure [mmHg]

89.0

10.6

77.2

9.2

0.000*

Total cholesterol [mg/dl]

201.9

37.7

195.3

35.3

0.139

Triglyceride [mg/dl]

164.9

129.0

132.0

126.1

0.034*

HDLcholesterol [mg/dl]

53.9

15.6

54.5

13.0

0.728

Fasting plasma glucose concentrations [mg/dl]

107.6

28.8

95.0

17.0

0.000*

HbA1c [%]

5.22

0.47

5.07

0.54

0.011*

Pack-years

16.6

17.9

10.8

13.6

0.003*

baPWV [cm/sec]

1609

185.2

1275

84.8

0.000*

CPITN score

2.72

1.19

2.20

1.24

0.000*

Average probing depth [mm]

3.20

1.00

2.78

0.87

0.000*

Gingival bleeding index [%]

48.8

-

40.0

-

0.042*

Prevalence of periodontal disease***[%]

90.3

-

86.2

-

0.299

Prevalence of advanced periodontal disease***[%]

73.1

-

50.7

-

0.000*

Prevalence of severe periodontal disease***[%]

24.6

-

11.6

-

0.005*

Number of teeth

25.8

5.2

26.0

5.4

0.773

  1. † BMI: body mass index, HDL: high-density lipoprotein, HbA1c: hemoglobin A1c, baPWV: brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity, CPITN: Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs
  2. * p value < 0.05
  3. **Atherosclerosis is defined as baPWV 1400 (cm/sec)
  4. *** Periodontal disease, advanced periodontal disease and severe periodontal disease are defined by CPITN scores of 1, 3 and 4, respectively.