Periodontal Status amongst Substance Abusers in Indian Population : Table 1

Table 1: Comparison of OHI-S score, Russell’s Periodontal Index and gingival bleeding score between study and control group.


		N	Mean	SD	P value

OHI-S Index	Control	250	2.455	0.8446	0.001*
OHI-S Index	Substance abusers	250	2.704	0.8228	0.001*
Russell’s Index	Control	250	2.590	0.8167	<0.001**
Russell’s Index	Substance abusers	250	3.683	1.4022	<0.001**
Bleeding on probing	Control	250	22.70	5.139	<0.001**
Bleeding on probing	Substance abusers	250	9.69	7.209	<0.001**

**level of statistical significance of less than .001 with respect to Bleeding index and Russel's periodontal index, *the statistical significance of equal to .001 with respect to OHI-S in relation to substance abuse and clinical parameters governing periodontal disease.