Prevalence of Periodontitis among Patients Diagnosed with Marfan Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Study Comparing Samples of Healthy Patients

Table 3

Mean and SD values of periodontal parameters and comparison of the mean differences.

	Marfan syndrome group (); Mean (SD)	Control group (); Mean (SD)	MD (95% CI)^+	MD (95% CI)^++
Probing depth (mm)	2.83 (0.43)	2.53 (0.61)	0.30 (0.13 to 0.47)	0.31 (0.15 to 0.47)
Gingival recession (mm)	0.41 (0.79)	0.22 (0.60)	0.19 (-0.03 to 0.42)	0.21 (0.003 to 0.41)
Clinical attachment level (mm)	3.24 (0.98)	2.74 (0.91)	0.5 (0.19 to 0.80)	0.52 (0.26 to 0.79)
Bleeding on probing (%)	18.7 (19.7)	16.6 (17.2)	2.2 (-3.7 to 8.1)	2.5 (-3.3 to 8.4)
Plaque index (%)	50.4 (31.5)	39.7 (30.4)	10.6 (0.7 to 20.6)	11.7 (2.01 to 21.5)
Missing teeth	5.5 (4.6)	6.3 (4.7)	-0.81 (-2.3 to 0.67)	-0.72 (-2.02 to 0.58)

CI: confidence interval; : number of observations; MD: mean difference; . ⁺Simple linear regression. ⁺⁺Multivariate linear regression adjusted for age, gender, and smoking.