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

Table 4

Subanalysis of patients with Marfan syndrome with or without cardiovascular disease (CVD).

	Marfan syndrome group without CVD (); Mean (SD)	Marfan syndrome group with CVD (); Mean (SD)	MD (95% CI)^+
Probing depth (mm)	2.83 (0.42)	2.84 (0.45)	0.005 (-0.2 to 0.21)
Gingival recession (mm)	0.45 (0.89)	0.31 (0.48)	-0.13 (-0.47 to 0.20)
Clinical attachment level (mm)	3.28 (1.06)	3.15 (0.75)	-0.12 (-0.54 to 0.28)
Bleeding on probing (%)	20.0 (20.9)	15.8 (16.8)	-3.1 (-13.0 to 6.9)
Plaque index (%)	53.6 (32.1)	43.1 (29.5)	-8.9 (-24.5 to 6.7)
Missing teeth	5.75 (5.24)	4.87 (2.76)	-0.54 (-2.60 to 1.51)

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