Table 4 Distribution of variable groups by periodontal status (PD and BOP): mean (range) or number (%)

Dental health care variables

  No of teeth

25.8 (6–28)

24.7 (4–28)

22.3 (3–28)

24.9 (3–28)

0.0001

24.6 (13–28)

26.4 (4–28)

25.5 (4–28)

0.05

  No of teeth with caries

0.10 (0–4)

0.21 (0–4)

0.41 (0–6)

0.18 (0–6)

0.01

0.27 (0–4)

0.23 (0–6)

0.24 (0–6)

0.64

  No of teeth with restorations

7.45 (0–18)

7.84 (0–16)

7.39 (0–22)

7.57 (0–22)

0.65

7.68 (0–18)

6.41 (0–16)

6.77 (0–18)

0.16

  No of implants

0.18 (0–4)

0.22 (0–6)

0.11 (0–2)

0.18 (0–6)

0.74

0.27 (0–6)

0.13 (0–6)

0.17 (0–6)

0.45

  No of teeth with bridges

0.47 (0–7)

1.11 (0–7)

1.50 (0–8)

0.82 (0–8)

<.0001

0.56 (0–7)

0.85 (0–8)

0.77 (0–8)

0.26

  No of teeth with crowns

2.46 (0–20)

5.19 (0–23)

4.59 (0–18)

3.65 (0–23)

<.0001

3.12 (0–22)

4.06 (0–23)

3.79 (0–23)

0.08

Lifestyle, anthropometric, health related and sociodemographic variables

  BMI

23.9 (16.6-36.3)

26.1 (17.2-39.6)

27.8 (17.4-43.0)

25.2 (16.6-43.0)

<.0001

24.3 (17.6-36.3)

25.1 (17.2-43.0)

24.9 (17.2-43.0)

0.45

  Diabetes

  Yes

5 (3.0)

10 (9.9)

4 (9.1)

19 (6.1)

0.06

1 (1.7)

8 (45.3)

9 (4.3)

0.24

  No

161 (97.0)

91 (90.1)

40 (90.9)

292 (93.9)

58 (98.3)

142 (94.7)

200 (95.7)

  Physical activity

  <1500^&

52 (31.3)

30 (29.7)

12 (27.3)

94 (30.2)

0.83

16 (17.1)

46 (30.7)

62 (29.7)

0.61

  ≥1500

114 (68.7)

71 (70.3)

32 (72.7)

217 (69.8)

43 (72.9)

104 (69.3)

147 (70.3)

  Sex

  male

61 (36.8)

36 (35.6)

23 (52.3)

120 (38.6)

0.14

19 (50.0)

48 (42.9)

67 (44.7)

0.35

  female

105 (63.2)

65 (64.4)

21 (47.7)

191 (61.4)

19 (50.0)

64 (57.1)

83 (55.3)

  Age

41.0 (21.0-76.0)

52.1 (20.0-77.0)

54.0 (26.0-69.0)

46.4 (20.0-77.0)

<.0001

42.9 (21.0-68.0)

45.5 (20.0-70.0)

44.8 (20.0-70.0)

0.25

  Household income

  <2000€

53 (31.9)

36 (35.6)

14 (31.8)

103 (33.1)

0.79

17 (28.8)

53 (35.3)

70 (33.5)

0.37

  ≥2000€

113 (68.1)

65 (64.4)

30 (68.2)

208 (66.9)

42 (71.2)

97 (64.7)

139 (66.5)

  School education

  <13 years

70 (42.2)

65 (64.4)

35 (79.6)

170 (54.7)

<.0001

25 (42.4)

81 (54.0)

106 (50.7)

0.13

  13 years

96 (57.8)

36 (35.6)

9 (20.4)

141 (45.3)

34 (57.6)

69 (46.0)

103 (49.3)

  Smoking

  Never

98 (59.0)

60 (59.4)

16 (36.4)

174 (55.9)

0.001

32 (54.2)

73 (48.7)

105 (50.2)

0.82

  Ex-smoker

36 (21.7)

30 (29.7)

8 (18.2)

74 (23.8)

9 (15.3)

38 (25.3)

47 (22.5)

  Current smoker

32 (19.3)

11 (10.9)

20 (45.4)

63 (20.3)

18 (30.5)

39 (26.0)

57 (27.3)

  Alcohol

  <2 times/week

101 (60.8)

65 (64.4)

26 (59.1)

192 (61.7)

0.80

31 (52.5)

92 (61.3)

123 (58.8)

0.25

  ≥2 times/week

65 (39.2)

36 (35.6)

18 (40.9)

119 (38.3)

28 (47.5)

58 (38.7)

86 (41.2)

Blood parameters

  Leukocytes

6.2 (2.9-22.4)

6.4 (3.4-12.4)

7.0 (4.1-11.5)

6.4 (2.9-22.4)

0.04

6.1 (3.1-10.5)

6.6 (2.9-22.4)

6.4 (2.9-22.4)

0.08

  HbA1c

33.8 (12.6-46.0)

35.8 (22.4-66.0)

40.0 (26.8-60.0)

35.3 (12.6-66.0)

<.0001

37.0 (28.0-46.0)

38.2 (25.0-66.0)

37.3 (25.0-66.0)

0.24

  Erythrocytes

4.5 (3.4-5.8)

4.5 (3.8-5.5)

4.6 (3.9-5.2)

4.5 (3.4-5.8)

0.89

4.5 (3.4-5.4)

4.5 (3.8-5.6)

4.5 (3.4-5.6)

0.42

  Mean corpuscular/cell volume (MCV)

87.1 (70.0-96.3)

87.7 (74.0-96.7)

88.8 (81.0-99.9)

87.5 (70.0-99.9)

0.04

87.1 (76.8-94.7)

87.5 (70.0-99.9)

87.4 (70.0-99.9)

0.27