Impact of periodontal conditions on the quality of life of pregnant women: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 The severity, extent and prevalence of impacts on the studied pregnant women according to their pregnancy-related variables

		Severity		p value*	Extent		p value*	Prevalence		p value
Variables	n (%)	Mean	SD	p value*	Mean	SD	p value*	n	%	p value
Trimester				0.082			0.897			0.903
First	199 (38.9)	8.29	6.30		0.18	0.72		19	9.5
Second	183 (35.7)	8.20	7.46		0.22	0.82		20	10.9
Third	130 (25.4)	6.98	6.67		0.20	0.97		13	10
Previous births^a				0.628			0.360			0.341
No	406 (79.6)	7.88	6.92		0.19	0.84		38	9.4
One or more	104 (20.4)	8.00	6.46		0.20	0.72		13	12.5
Frequency of nausea-vomiting				0.001			0.157			0.172
Once or less	259 (50.6)	6.93	6.69		0.21	0.99		22	8.5
Twice	154 (30.1)	8.61	6.77		0.13	0.45		15	9.7
Three times or more	99 (19.3)	9.44	6.99		0.28	0.77		15	15.2
Utilization of dental services				0.750			0.380			0.377
No	491 (95.9)	7.87	6.80		0.17	0.41		1	16.7
Yes	21 (4.1)	9.19	7.79		0.60	1.81		3	20.0
Self-reported systematic disease				0.256			0.450			0.375
No	86 (16.8)	8.08	6.89		0.21	0.89		41	9.6
Yes	426 (83.2)	7.15	6.54		0.14	0.38		11	12.8

^aVariables with some missing data
*p value was computed from Mann–Whitney U test or Kruskal Wallis one-way ANOVA test

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