Oxidative stress markers in saliva and periodontal disease status: modulation during pregnancy and postpartum

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 1 Clinical periodontal measurements of study groups

Groups	Pregnant Healthy	Pregnant Gingivitis	Pregnant Periodontitis	Nonpregnant Healthy	Nonpregnant Gingivitis	Nonpregnant Periodontitis	Postpartum Healthy	Postpartum Gingivitis	Postpartum Periodontitis
Groups	N: 22	N: 75	N: 18	N: 30	N: 30	N: 12	N: 21	N: 76	N: 18
	Median (IQR)	Median (IQR)	Median (IQR)	Median (IQR)	Median (IQR)	Median (IQR)	Median (IQR)	Median (IQR)	Median (IQR)	p
Age (year)	27.9 (6.5)	25.0 (4.0)	31.0 (8.5) ^a	25.0 (4.0)	23.5 (9.0)	40.0 (10.0) ^a	27.5 (6.0)	27.0 (8.5)	31.5 (7.3)	p < 0.001
PD (mm)	1.0 (1.0)	2.0 (0.0) ^b	5.3 (1.0)	1.0 (1.0) ^c	3.0 (1.0) ^bd	5.0 (1.0)	1.0 (0.0) ^c	2.0 (0.0) ^d	5.0 (1.0)	p < 0.001
CAL (mm)	1.0 (1.0)	2.0 (0.0)	6.2 (1.0) ^a	1.0 (1.0)	3.0 (1.0)	8.1 (1.0) ^ae	1.0 (0.0)	2.0 (0.0)	5.0 (1.0) ^e	p < 0.001
BOP (%)	10.0 (10.0)^f	60.0 (60.0)	100.0 (20)	5.0 (10.0) ^fc	70.0 (15.0) ^d	90.0 (20.0)	10.0 (5.0) ^c	50.0 (20.0) ^d	80.0 (37.5)	p < 0.001
PI (%)	15.0 (10.0) ^f	70.0 (50.0)	100.0 (10) ^a	5.0 (5.0) ^fc	65.0 (20.0) ^d	70.0 (20.0) ^ae	10.0 (5.0) ^c	50.0 (25.0) ^a	80.0 (30.0) ^e	p < 0.001

PD probing depth, CAL clinical attachment level, BOP bleeding on probing, PI plaque index, IQR Interquartile range
^asignificant difference between non-pregnant periodontitis and pregnant periodontitis
^bsignificant difference between non-pregnant gingivitis and pregnant gingivitis
^csignificant difference between non-pregnant healthy and postpartum healthy
^dsignificant difference between non-pregnant gingivitis and postpartum gingivitis
^esignificant difference between non-pregnant periodontitis and postpartum periodontitis
^fsignificant difference between non-pregnant healthy and pregnant healthy

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