The prevalence and risk indicators of tooth wear in 12- and 15-year-old adolescents in Central China

BMC Oral Health

Table 6 The relationship between tooth wear (BEWE2-3) and general health

	N	Tooth wear		P
	N	BEWE2-3	%	P
Vitamin C supplements				0.790
Never	273	148	54.2
Rarely	233	121	51.9
Sometimes	137	75	54.7
Often	77	45	58.4
Taking Aspirin				0.002
Never	517	260	50.3
Rarely	160	97	60.6
Sometimes	31	21	67.7
Often	12	11	91.7
Taking Amphetamine				0.111
Never	656	348	53.0
Rarely	47	27	57.4
Sometimes	10	8	80.0
Often	7	6	85.7
Taking Diazepam				0.043
Never	694	369	53.2
Rarely	18	12	66.7
Sometimes	4	4	100
Often	4	4	100
Reflux				0.012
Never	490	245	50.0
Rarely	166	107	64.5
Sometimes	51	29	56.9
Often	13	8	61.5
Vomiting				0.601
Never	484	267	55.2
Rarely	196	104	53.1
Sometimes	32	15	46.9
Often	8	3	37.5
Eating disorder				0.269
Never	478	265	55.4
Rarely	177	96	54.2
Sometimes	49	20	40.8
Often	16	8	50.0
Gastro esophageal reflux disease				0.850
No	381	177	46.5
Yes	7	3	42.9
Gastricism				0.161
No	368	171	46.5
Yes	32	19	59.4
Xerostomia				0.725
No	376	176	46.8
Yes	12	5	41.7

ISSN: 1472-6831