Research Article
Periodontal Status and Risk Factors among Adults of Sebha City (Libya)
Table 1
Number of subjects as per the CPI codes for different variables.
| | Variable | Healthy | Bleeding | Calculus | Shallow pockets | Deep pockets | Chi-sqaure test | (code 0) | (code 1) | (code 2) | (code 3) | (code 4) | (P value) |
| Age (in years) | 35–44 | 5 | 9 | 95 | 118 | 22 | 22.05 ()* | 45–54 | 1 | 6 | 41 | 120 | 33 |
| Gender | Male | 0 | 3 | 54 | 98 | 31 | 14.42 ()* | Female | 6 | 12 | 82 | 140 | 24 |
| Frequency of toothbrushing | None | 2 | 2 | 18 | 65 | 21 | 42.01 ()* | Once | 0 | 9 | 69 | 127 | 20 | Twice | 4 | 4 | 41 | 35 | 12 | >Twice | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 2 |
| Current smoking status | Yes | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 11 | 17.11 ()* | No | 6 | 15 | 132 | 213 | 44 |
| Frequency of smoking | 0 | 6 | 15 | 132 | 213 | 44 | 18.28 () | 5–10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 10–20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | >20
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3
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*Statistically significant.
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