Chairside Screening for Undiagnosed Diabetes and Prediabetes in Patients with Periodontitis

Table 2

Correlations between diabetes parameters and periodontal parameters.

		Periodontitis stage	Periodontitis grade	Number of pockets 5–7 mm	Number of pockets >7 mm	Number of pockets >5 mm	FMBS%	FMPS%	Extension	Number of implants	Number of missing teeth
Diabetes (n = 1)	ρ	0.155	0.059	0.045	0.078	0.057	0.295	0.251	0.161	−0.050	0.194
	Sign. (2-tailed)	0.129	0.561	0.659	0.445	0.579	0.003	0.013	0.114	0.623	0.056
Prediabetes (n = 30)	ρ	0.029	0.186	−0.123	−0.007	−0.100	0.067	0.125	0.021	0.042	0.005
	Sign. (2-tailed)	0.776	0.067	0.228	0.948	0.329	0.514	0.222	0.837	0.682	0.958
HbA1c levels (%) (n = 98)	ρ	0.124	0.226	−0.033	0.034	−0.017	0.211	0.216	0.027	−0.062	0.105
	Sign. (2-tailed)	0.222	0.025	0.749	0.738	0.869	0.037	0.032	0.792	0.541	0.304

ρ = Pearson correlation coefficient. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).