Four hundred forty five pregnant women, aged 18-35 yrs were selected and were divided into four groups. Controls- 145 systemically and periodontally healthy, Group A-100 Systemically healthy women with chronic periodontitis, Group B- 100 Preeclamptic women with chronic periodontitis, Group C-100 Preeclamptic women without chronic periodontitis. Age, BMI, Socioeconomic status and periodontal parameters such as plaque index(PI), bleeding on probing(BOP), probing pocket dept(PPD), clinical attachment level(CAL) were recorded. Subgingival plaque and placental tissues (postpartum) were collected and assessed for periodontal pathogens such as Tannerella forsythia(Tf), Treponema denticola(Td), Porphyromonas gingivalis(Pg), Prevotella intermedia(Pi), Fusobacterium nucleatum(Fn). Herpes Simplex Virus(HSV), Ebstein Barr Virus(EBV), Human Cytomegalovirus(HCMV). microRNA155 levels were also assessed and compared between the groups.
