Skip to main content

Table 1 Baseline characteristics by diabetes status and dental visit status

From: Evaluating components of dental care utilization among adults with diabetes and matched controls via hurdle models

 

Diabetes status (exposure)

Dental visit status (outcome)

Controls

Adults with diabetes

% with no dental visit

No. of services given at least 1

(n = 44985)

 

(n = 4038)

 

(N = 49023)

visit

No.

%*

No.

%*

%↑ = 10%

Mean ( SD)

Age

40-45

9,768

22

399

10

9

26.0 (12.4)

46-50

11,203

25

708

18

9

27.2 (13.0)

51-54

8,991

20

809

20

9

28.2 (13.4)

55-59

7,503

17

933

23

10

29.0 (13.9)

60-70

7,520

17

1,189

29

12

29.4 (14.1)

Sex

Female

24,113

54

1,824

45

8

27.9 (12.9)

Male

20,872

46

2,214

55

11

27.8 (13.9)

Smoking Status

No

36,958

82

3,439

85

8

28.1 (12.9)

Yes

6,960

15

590

15

17

26.6 (15.5)

BMI

Underweight-Normal

11,684

26

339

8

6

28.5 (12.5)

Overweight

15,664

35

979

24

8

28.3 (13.2)

Obese

8,605

19

1,114

28

11

27.7 (13.8)

Clinically Obese

3,521

8

718

18

12

27.4 (14.2)

Morbidly Obese

2,125

5

682

17

14

26.1 (14.1)

Well Care Visits

0

11,771

26

1,726

43

17

25.9 (14.4)

1

13,720

31

1,212

30

10

27.4 (13.6)

> = 2

19,494

43

1,100

27

5

29.2 (12.4)

(5.30 - 6.48)

14837

33

241

6

9

26.6 (12.5)

(6.48 - 6.80)

5136

11

91

2

8

27.9 (12.8)

(6.80 - 7.37)

8790

20

279

7

9

27.9 (13.0)

(7.37 - 7.95)

9258

21

492

12

9

28.5 (13.4)

(7.95 - 11.17)

6857

15

2,922

72

12

28.6 (14.9)

Ace-Statin Usage

No Ace-Statin

39,804

88

1,142

28

9

27.8 (13.0)

Only Ace

2,615

6

1,691

42

14

27.5 (13.6)

Only Statin

1,628

4

208

5

10

28.8 (13.8)

Both Ace-Statin

938

2

997

25

14

27.7 (14.9)

Region

King County

19,666

44

1,511

37

6

28.9 (13.4)

North

4,809

11

428

11

7

28.5 (13.3)

East

232

1

27

1

15

27.4 (14.1)

South

6,001

13

664

16

12

27.1 (14.2)

West

13,822

31

1,351

33

11

26.4 (12.8)

Insurance Group

Medicare

3,560

8

566

14

12

29.1 (13.9)

Ind-Com-Other

14,264

32

996

25

6

28.9 (13.1)

Government

27,161

60

2,476

61

11

27.1 (13.4)

Diabetes Status

No

-

 

-

 

9

27.9 (13.2)

Yes

-

 

-

 

16

26.9 (14.9)

  1. Missingness on Smoking Status (2.2%), BMI (7.3%), Co-morbidity (0.2%); Out of state (1.04%).
  2. * Column Percentages; ↑ Row Percentages.