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Table 9 Diabetes and Dentition for the SABE population

From: Oral health among the elderly in 7 Latin American and Caribbean cities, 1999-2000: a cross-sectional study

Row %

Are you missing any teeth?

Do you have bridges/dentures?

Unmet dental needs? N (%)

Diabetes

Yes

No

pvalue

Yes

No

pvalue

Yes

No

pvalue

Bridgetown

N = 1469

 

N = 1412

 

N = 1472

Yes

315 (99.10

3 (0.9)

0.237

191 (62.4)

115 (37.6)

0.401

291 (90.9)

29 (9.1)

 

No

1129 (98.1)

22 (1.9)

 

661 (59.8)

445 (40.2)

 

1096 (95.1)

56 (4.9)

0.004

Buenos Aires

N = 1023

 

N = 985

 

N = 1024

Yes

128 (98.5)

2 (1.5)

0.713

494 (75.0)

165 (25.0)

0.649

125 (96.2)

5 (3.8)

0.827

No

875 (98.0)

18 (2.0)

 

240 (73.6)

86 (26.4)

 

863 (96.5)

31 (3.5)

 

São Paulo

N = 2126

 

N = 2112

 

N = 2143

Yes

377 (99.2)

3 (0.6)

0.840

304 (80.6)

73 (19.4)

0.060

370 (97.4)

10 (2.6)

0.210

No

1736 (99.4)

10 (0.4)

 

1412 (81.4)

323 (18.6)

 

1670 (95.6)

76 (4.4)

 

Santiago

N = 1283

 

N = 1265

 

N = 1285

Yes

173 (100)

0 (0.0)

0.693

126 (72.8)

47 (27.2)

0.224

153 (88.4)

20 (11.6)

0.333

No

1109 (99.9)

1 (0.1)

 

745 (68.2)

347 (31.8)

 

953 (85.7)

159 (14.3)

 

Havana

N = 1903

 

N = 1876

 

N = 1899

Yes

288 (99.3)

2 (0.7)

0.254

226 (78.5)

62 (21.5)

0.003

280 (96.6)

10 (3.4)

0.315

No

1588 (98.5)

25 (1.5)

 

1109 (69.8)

479 (30.2)

 

1587 (98.4)

126 (1.6)

 

Mexico City

N = 1862

 

N = 1708

 

N = 1864

Yes

347 (93.5)

24 (6.5)

0.224

171 (49.7)

173 (50.3)

0.045

346 (93.0)

26 (7.0)

0.628

No

1366 (91.6)

125 (8.4)

 

760 (55.7)

604 (44.3)

 

1398 (93.7)

94 (6.3)

 

Montevideo

N = 1445

 

N = 1360

 

N = 1445

Yes

175 (93.1)

13 (6.9)

0.232

134 (77.0)

40 (23.0)

0.888

182 (96.8)

6 (3.2)

0.569

No

1196 (95.1)

61 (4.9)

 

919 (77.5)

267 (22.5)

 

1206 (95.9)

51 (4.1)