Prevalence of Clinical Periodontitis and Putative Periodontal Pathogens among South Indian Pregnant Women

Table 3

Association of baseline sociodemographic characteristics with clinical periodontitis.

Baseline characteristics; (𝑁=390)	Healthy group; (𝑁=203)	Clinical periodontitis; (𝑁=40)	𝑃 value; (𝜒^2 Test)
Age
18–24 yrs	60 (30%)	8 (20%)	0.79
25–29 yrs	97 (48%)	20 (50%)
30–35 yrs	45 (22%)	12 (30%)
Level of education
Primary (up to class VII)	32 (16%)	9 (22%)	0.225
Secondary (up to class X)	73 (36%)	7 (17%)
Preuniversity college (up to class XII)	45 (22%)	13 (32%)
Graduate and above	53 (26%)	11 (27%)
Household monthly income (INR)
<5000	27 (13%)	2 (5%)	0.134
5001–10,000	59 (29%)	12 (30%)
10,001–15,000	54 (26%)	12 (30%)
>15,001	63 (31%)	14 (35%)
Parity index
Primigravida	117 (57%)	7 (17%)	0.161
Second gravida	62 (30%)	21 (52%)
Third gravida	44 (23%)	12 (30%)