Research Article
Appraisal of Periodontal Condition amongst Leather Manufacturing Plant Workers in Central India: A Prevalence Survey
Table 2
Distribution of the periodontal status among subjects according to age group, gender, and plant.
| | Healthy 0 | Bleeding 1 | Calculus 2 | Shallow pocket 3 | Deep pocket 4 | χ2 value | value |
| Age groups (year) | 20–35 | 40 (10.2%) | 30 (7.6%) | 136 (34.8%) | 112 (28.7%) | 72 (18.4%) | 71.0 | 0.001 (HS) | 36–50 | 20 (7.1%) | 40 (14.2%) | 98 (35%) | 91 (32.5%) | 31 (11.07%) | >50 | 10 (5%) | 25 (13.8%) | 37 (20.5%) | 37 (20.5%) | 71 (39.4%) |
| Plant | Tanning | 20 (4.4%) | 52 (11.4%) | 113 (24.8%) | 137 (30.1%) | 132 (29%) | 68.9 | 0.001 (HS) | Footwear | 50 (12.6%) | 43 (10.8%) | 158 (39.8%) | 103 (26%) | 42 (10.6%) |
| Gender | Male | 40 (8%) | 36 (7.2%) | 180 (36.1%) | 110 (22.2%) | 132 (26.1%) | 61.2 | 0.001 (HS) | Female | 30 (8.5%) | 59 (17.7%) | 91 (25.8%) | 130 (36.9%) | 42 (11.9%) | Total | 70 (8.2%) | 95 (11.1%) | 271 (31.8%) | 240 (28.2%) | 174 (20.4%) |
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HS, highly significant.
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