Table 2 Factors associated with number of remaining teeth <20
From: Factors associated with having less than 20 natural teeth in rural adults: a cross-sectional study
Whole | Male | Female | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | NRT≧20 (n = 5595) | NRT <20 (n = 1085) | P | NRT≧20 (n = 2514) | NRT <20 (n = 387) | P | NRT≧20 (n = 3081) | NRT <20 (n = 698) | P |
Age >40 years | 2517 (45.0) | 927 (85.4) | <0.001 | 1177 (46.8) | 326 (84.2) | <0.001 | 1340 (43.5) | 601 (86.1) | <0.001 |
Female gender | 3081 (55.1) | 698 (64.3) | <0.001 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Education < high school | 3401 (60.8) | 980 (90.3) | <0.001 | 1532 (60.9) | 339 (87.6) | <0.001 | 1033 (33.5) | 536 (76.8) | <0.001 |
Infrequent dental floss | 3061 (54.7) | 809 (74.6) | <0.001 | 1460 (58.1) | 308 (79.6) | <0.001 | 1601 (52.0) | 501 (71.8) | <0.001 |
Unhealthy dietary habit | 4102 (73.3) | 799 (73.6) | 0.825 | 1914 (76.1) | 299 (77.3) | 0.627 | 2188 (71.0) | 500 (71.6) | 0.745 |
Deficient of 5 groups | 1240 (22.2) | 217 (20.0) | 0.114 | 598 (23.8) | 86 (22.2) | 0.500 | 642 (20.8) | 131 (18.8) | 0.221 |
Deficient of vegetable | 1998 (35.7) | 365 (33.6) | 0.192 | 1041 (41.4) | 171 (44.2) | 0.302 | 957 (31.1) | 194 (27.8) | 0.090 |
Deficient of water | 2042 (36.5) | 401 (37.0) | 0.773 | 764 (30.4) | 112 (28.9) | 0.563 | 1278 (41.5) | 289 (41.4) | 0.971 |
Substance use | 1503 (26.9) | 333 (30.7) | 0.010 | 1270 (50.5) | 263 (68.0) | <0.001 | 233 (7.6) | 70 (10.0) | 0.030 |
Alcohol drinking | 747 (13.4) | 157 (14.5) | 0.324 | 656 (26.1) | 125 (32.3) | 0.010 | 91 (3.0) | 32 (4.6) | 0.028 |
Betel nut chewing | 523 ( 9.3) | 125 (11.5) | 0.027 | 507 (20.2) | 110 (28.4) | <0.001 | 16 (0.5) | 15 (2.1) | <0.001 |
Cigarette smoking | 1191 (21.3) | 252 (23.2) | 0.156 | 1021 (40.6) | 215 (55.6) | <0.001 | 170 (5.5) | 37 (5.3) | 0.820 |
Metabolic syndromea | 1221 (21.8) | 382 (35.2) | <0.001 | 699 (27.8) | 156 (40.3) | <0.001 | 522 (16.9) | 226 (32.4) | <0.001 |
SBP/DBP≧130/85b | 2347 (41.9) | 606 (55.9) | <0.001 | 1367 (54.4) | 241 (62.3) | 0.004 | 980 (31.8) | 365 (52.3) | <0.001 |
WC≧90/80 cm (M/F)c | 1926 (34.4) | 522 (48.1) | <0.001 | 901 (35.8) | 170 (43.9) | 0.002 | 1025 (33.3) | 352 (50.4) | <0.001 |
FBG (≧100 mg/dl)d | 1449 (25.9) | 462 (42.6) | <0.001 | 812 (32.3) | 188 (48.6) | <0.001 | 637 (20.7) | 274 (39.3) | <0.001 |
HDL-C<40/ 50 mg/dle | 1156 (20.7) | 301 (27.7) | <0.001 | 472 (18.8) | 101 (26.1) | 0.001 | 684 (22.2) | 200 (28.7) | <0.001 |
TG(≧150 mg/dl)f | 1077 (19.2) | 249 (22.9) | 0.005 | 733 (29.2) | 131 (33.9) | 0.060 | 344 (11.2) | 118 (16.9) | <0.001 |
Number of components | 1.4 ± 1.3 | 2.0 ± 1.4 | <0.001 | 1.7 ± 1.3 | 2.1 ± 1.3 | <0.001 | 1.2 ± 1.3 | 1.9 ± 1.4 | <0.001 |