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From: Impact of oral health on COVID-19 outcomes in patients with pre-existing cardiovascular conditions: a questionnaire-based analysis of disease severity, recovery time, and C-reactive protein

Table 3

Evaluation of the oral health condition and COVID-19 severity influence on recovery duration and CRP levels in cardiac patients (secondary outcomes)

Recovery duration & CRP outcomes		COVID-19 severity		p-value	Oral health status		p-value
Recovery duration & CRP outcomes		Severe	Mild	p-value	Poor	Good	p-value
Recovery duration	6 weeks (N)	17	3	< 0.001^*	9	6	< 0.001^*
	4 weeks (N)	6	13		5	16
	2 weeks (N)	7	40		14	36
CRP	More than 18 (N)	21	13	< 0.001^*	19	11	< 0.001^*
CRP	Less than 18 (N)	9	43	< 0.001^*	9	47	< 0.001^*

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Group contrasts were evaluated utilizing the Chi-squared test for incidence comparisons. ^* A significance level of p < 0.05 was utilized as the criterion for statistical significance