High incidence of periodontitis in patients with ascitic decompensated cirrhosis

Table 1 Comparison of patients with and withour periodontitis

		Total cohort (n = 27)		P value
		Periodontitis (n = 22, 81.50%)	No periodontitis (n = 5, 28.50%)
Male		12 (55%)	3 (60%)	1
Age, mean in years (range)		56 (37-76)	59 (56-68)	0.61
Smoker		17 (77%)	2 (40%)	0.13
Diabetes		8 (36%)	1 (20%)	0.62
Good oral hygiene		0 (0%)	3 (60%)	< 0.01
Outcome	Alive without transplantation	14 (63%)	0 (0%)	0.02
	Transplantation	5 (23%)	2 (40%)	0.61
	Deceased	3 (14%)	3 (60%)	<0.05
Motivated for oral hygiene (exact question was: “are you interested in oral hygiene”)		12 (55%)	5 (100)%	0.11
MELD score, mean (range)		20 (15-25)	15 (7-22)	0.055
AST U/ml, mean (range)		75 (52-114)	109 (9-652)	0.83
ALT U/ml, mean (range)		66 (28-175)	50 (9-340)	0.15
Bilirubin mg/dL, mean (range)		6.0 (1.4-10.9)	3.3 (0.4-8.3)	0.17

P values determined by Mann-Whitney-test (age, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferas, bilirubin, model for end-stage liver disease) and Chi-Square test (all other variables). AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: Alanine aminotransferas; MELD: Model for end-stage liver disease.