Skip to main content

Table 5 Spirometric data in relation to the presence of periodontitis

From: Lung function and associations with multiple dimensions of dental health: a prospective observational cross-sectional study

Parameter

No periodontitis

Periodontitis

p value

FEV1 (L)

95

3.42 (2.97; 3.88)

111

3.05 (2.53; 3.75)

0.001

FEV1 (% predicted)

95

100.9 (91.9; 112.7)

111

102.8 (92.3; 112.3)

0.580

FEV1 (% predicted)GLI

95

95.9 (88.9; 107.1)

111

96.7 (86.5; 105.3)

0.847

FVC (L)

95

4.24 (3.70; 5.04)

111

3.88 (3.41; 4.98)

0.025

FVC (% predicted)

95

108.6 (99.6; 118.6)

111

110.9 (101.9; 121.0)

0.333

FVC (% predicted)GLI

95

101.1 (91.2; 110.4)

111

99.6 (90.3; 107.3)

0.384

FEV1/FVC (%)

95

79.9 (76.0; 84.2)

111

77.8 (72.4; 82.2)

0.008

FEV1/FVC (% predicted)GLI

95

95.7 (91.3; 100.0)

111

97.6 (90.9; 102.9)

0.263

PEF (L/s)

95

7.01 (6.18; 8.73)

111

6.80 (5.71; 8.61)

0.252

PEF (% predicted)

95

94.3 (83.5; 106.0)

111

95.0 (85.7; 109.2)

0.469

MEF50 (L/s)

70

3.28 (2.73; 4.22)

80

3.12 (2.37; 4.16)

0.240

MEF50 (% predicted)

70

70.9 (61.5; 92.7)

80

74.3 (53.6; 91.3)

0.928

MEF25 (L/s)

70

1.07 (0.80; 1.50)

80

0.84 (0.44; 1.24)

0.003

MEF25 (% predicted)

70

52.6 (38.4; 73.0)

80

46.5 (28.8; 63.2)

0.067

  1. Defined by PSI ≥ 3 or previous treatment of periodontitis or alveolar bone loss ≥ 1
  2. Italic characters are used for statistically significant comparisons (p < 0.05)
  3. See Table 1