Question 205 · LDEK · Periodontal and systemic diseases

Indicate false statement regarding the complications post COVID-19. After taking into consideration the influence of age, sex, diabetes, comorbidity and nicotine addiction, it has been demonstrated that with coexisting II to IV stages of periodontitis:

  1. A. risk of complications was almost 3 times higher.
  2. B. mortality was 4 times higher.
  3. C. mortality was 8 times higher.
  4. D. necessity for hospitalization in intensive care unit was 3.5 times higher.
  5. E. risk of assisted lugs ventilation was 4.5 times higher.
Hint

Two options give different mortality multipliers for the same study (Marouf et al. 2021) — only one can match its results.

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