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Table 3 Prevalence and severity of periodontitis in RA patients and controls

From: Association between severity of periodontitis and clinical activity in rheumatoid arthritis patients: a case–control study

 

RA patients

Controls

p

N

%

Mean (SD)

N

%

Mean (SD)

Periodontitisa

       

 Level 0

5

2.67

 

53

33.76

 

< 0.001

 Level 1

98

52.41

 

85

54.14

  

 Level 2

84

44.92

 

19

12.1

 

< 0.001

 Level 1 + 2

182

97.33

 

104

66.24

 

< 0.001

Periodontal variables

 Mean PI

 

0.74 (0.48)

 

0.56 (0.40)

< 0.001

 Mean PPD

 

3.08 (0.63)

 

2.69 (0.48)

< 0.001

 CAL

 

3.99(1.27)

 

3.34 (1.03)

< 0.001

 Tooth loss

 

6.31 (5.28)

 

4.01 (4.48)

< 0.001

 N° PPD ≥ 5 mm

 

14.60 (17.03)

 

6.37 (11.50)

< 0.001

 % PPD ≥ 5 mm

 

0.12 (0.14)

 

0.05 (0.08)

< 0.001

 % BoP

 

0.63 (0.23)

 

0.42 (0.26)

< 0.001

  1. Data represent number, percentage or mean (SD)
  2. % BoP percentage of sites with bleeding on probing, CAL clinical attachment level, %PPD ≥ 5 mm percentage of pockets ≥ 5 mm, N° PPD ≥ 5 mm number of pockets ≥ 5 mm, PI plaque index, PPD probing pocket depth, RA rheumatoid arthritis, SD standard deviation, Tooth loss number of missing teeth
  3. aLevel 1, periodontitis; Level 2, periodontitis according to Tonetti’s classification [26]
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Arthritis Research & Therapy

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