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Table 1 Descriptive analysis of bleeding on probing (BOP), pocket depth (PD), and salivary levels of hemoglobin (Hb) and lactate dehydrogenase (LD) against Community Periodontal Index (CPI) criteria

From: A new screening method for periodontitis: an alternative to the community periodontal index

CPI

0 (n = 12)

1 (n = 8)

2 (n = 12)

3 (n = 30)

4 (n = 30)

P

BOP

0.31 ± 0.60

7.86 ± 6.36

3.78 ± 10.19

15.62 ± 15.30

19.83 ± 18.78

<0.001

(%)

0.00 (0.00–0.67)

6.64 (1.92–15.03)

0.00 (0.00–2.87)

12.27 (2.86–24.17)

11.37 (3.67–36.71)

PD

1.85 ± 0.23

1.88 ± 0.44

2.14 ± 0.35

2.73 ± 0.39

3.44 ± 0.63

<0.001

(mm)

1.97 (1.60–2.00)

1.71 (1.54–2.24)

2.10 (2.01–2.35)

2.68 (2.39–3.08)

3.36 (3.01–3.97)

Hb

1.08 ± 2.51

26.39 ± 72.62

1.08 ± 1.68

6.67 ± 14.95

26.55 ± 48.57

<0.001

(μg/mL)

0.10 (0.10–1.15)

0.80 (0.25–1.65)

0.40 (0.10–1.20)

2.10 (0.93–3.40)

6.45 (0.73–29.03)

LD

346.58 ± 306.73

163.75 ± 64.99

247.75 ± 109.66

376.90 ± 360.77

544.17 ± 358.74

<0.001

(IU/L)

279.00 (128.75–410.50)

157.50 (111.00–212.25)

233.50 (192.00–3111.75)

30800 (177.00–412.00)

451.50 (229.50–694.75)

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation and median (25 %, 75 % percentiles). Dose response relations were observed except for CPI 1 of the BOP% and Hb and for CPI 0 of LD. All differences were statistically significant (Kruskal-Wallis test)
  2. BOP bleeding on probing, PD pocket depth, Hb hemoglobin, LD lactate dehydrogenase, CPI Community Periodontal Index