Osteoarthritis, bronchial asthma, and periodontitis: is there a mutual influence? A 5-year case-control study.

BMC Oral Health · 2025 · PMC12853903 · PMID 41454371

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.063so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

The need for invasive treatments was lower in OA and BAOA patients compared to Healthy patients, but this trend did not reach statistical significance (OR = 0.39, p = 0.063 for OA; OR = 0.44, p = 0.092 for BAOA).

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showed a trendno p-value reported

Similarly, patients with Stage II periodontitis showed a trend toward higher odds of requiring surgical treatment compared to those with Stage I, but this was also not statistically significant (OR = 2.05; p = 0.072) (Table 5 ).

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