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Oral cancer patients (cases) vs Healthy controls

Periodontal parameters (all measures pooled) in OC cases vs controls · Adults in case-control studies (oral cancer patients vs healthy controls)

Pooling all periodontal measures, oral cancer patients had worse periodontal status than controls (SMD 0.95, 95% CI 0.41-1.49; very high heterogeneity, I2=96.8%); ungraded. Note this pools clinically different measures.

1 finding from 1 review

Periodontitis and the risk of oral cancer: a meta-analysis of case-control studies. 2024 All outcomes
Not specified · Case-control studies conducted in Asia (n=6), Europe (n=5), USA (n=2) and other countries (n=3) · Overall (all periodontal measures pooled)
SMD 0.95 [0.41, 1.49]
5 studies
GRADE not reported