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

Table 2 Odds ratios of atherosclerosis and their 95% CI-related indices of periodontal disease (CPITN score, average probing depth and gingival bleeding index) before and after adjustment for the confounding factor of baPWV^†

	Unadjusted	Adjusted for age	Adjusted for age and SBP^†	Adjusted for age, SBP^† and pack-years
CPITN† score	1.41* [1.16–1.73]	0.98 [0.77–1.25]	0.86 [0.65–1.13]	0.91 [0.68–1.20]
Average probing depth	1.77* [1.35–2.32]	1.09 [0.80–1.47]	0.92 [0.66–1.28]	0.99 [0.70–1.38]
Gingival bleeding index	2.03* [1.04–3.95]	1.01 [0.46–2.19]	0.61 [0.25–1.50]	0.71 [0.28–1.79]

^† SBP: systolic blood pressure, CPITN: Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs, baPMV: brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity
* p value < 0.05
Atherosclerosis is defined as baPWV ≧1400 (cm/sec).

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