Oral Health in a Sample of Pregnant Women from Northern Appalachia (2011–2015)

Table 2

Oral health of COHRA2 women during pregnancy (2011–2015).

Variable	Pittsburgh		West Virginia		Combined		value^1
		Mean; (±SD)		Mean; (±SD)		Mean; (±SD)
Dental caries
Average D1MFT^2	357	8.86; (±7.3)	363	13.47; (±7.3)	720	11.18; (±7.6)	<0.00001^3
Average D2MFT^2	357	6.71; (±5.7)	363	7.89; (±6.1)	720	7.30; (±5.9)	0.007^3
		%		%		%	value
D1MFT
0	27	8%	2	1%	29	4%	<0.00001
>0	330	92%	361	99%	691	96%
D2MFT
0	40	11%	24	7%	64	9%	0.04
>0	317	89%	339	93%	656	91%
Gingival health
Mouth bleeding
Does your mouth bleed; when you brush?
Yes	124	37%	153	48%	277	42%	0.004
No	213	63%	164	52%	377	58%
If yes, how often?
≤2-3 times a month	35	28%	42	28%	77	28%	0.10
1 time a week	19	15%	27	18%	46	17%
2–6 times a week	40	32%	31	20%	71	26%
≥1 time a day	30	24%	52	34%	82	30%
ORI score^4
Excellent	72	20%	54	15%	126	18%	<0.00001^5
Good	194	55%	146	40%	340	47%
Questionable	1	0%	7	2%	8	1%
Poor	65	18%	126	35%	191	27%
Very poor	23	6%	29	8%	52	7%

value tests differences between Pittsburgh and West Virginia sites.
²D1MFT: decayed, filled, and missing tooth score, white spots coded as decay; D2MFT: decayed, filled, and missing tooth score, white spots coded as sound.
³Wilcoxon rank sum test with continuity correction.
⁴ORI, measure of gingival health.
⁵Fisher exact test.