Dental and Periodontal Treatment Need after Dental Clearance Is Not Associated with the Outcome of Induction Therapy in Patients with Acute Leukemia: Results of a Retrospective Pilot Study

Table 1

Patients’ characteristics including age, gender, and treatment need, as well as PISA.

		Leukemia (n = 39)
Gender (n = 39)	Male n (%)	19 (49)
	Female n (%)	20 (51)
Age in years (n = 39) mv ± sd (median)		55.61 ± 17.01 (57)
Form of leukemia	Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)	26 (67)
	Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)	13 (33)
Dental treatment need (n = 39)	Yes	29 (75)
	No	10 (25)
Periodontal treatment need (n = 34)	Yes	25 (74)
	No	9 (26)
PISA (n = 34) mv ± sd (median)		153.18 ± 158.09 (98)

mv: mean value, sd: standard deviation, PISA: periodontal inflamed surface area.