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Table 3 Mean and Standard Deviations of Oral Health Profile and Health-related Quality of Life indicators of 120 patients according to sex, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, 2017

From: Oral health and health-related quality of life in HIV patients

Indicator

Male (N = 64)

Female (N = 56)

Mean Difference

P≤*

DMFT Index- mean (SD)

10.1 ± 8.0

15.1 ± 7.8

−5.0

0.001

Decayed- mean (SD)

0.8 ± 1.4

1.5 ± 2.4

− 0.7

0.065

Missing- mean (SD)

6.3 ± 7.8

9.7 ± 9.3

−3.4

0.033

Filled- mean (SD)

3.0 ± 3.5

3.9 ± 4.4

−0.9

0.229

 Physical Functioning (PF)

53.0 ± 7.6

50.4 ± 9.0

2.6

0.089

 Role Physical (RP)

45.1 ± 8.2

40.3 ± 10.2

4.8

0.006

 Bodily Pain (BP)

51.6 ± 10.0

46.8 ± 11.7

4.8

0.016

 General Health (GH)

52.3 ± 10.3

50.0 ± 11.3

2.3

0.236

 Vitality (VT)

55.8 ± 10.2

52.1 ± 9.7

3.7

0.044

 Social Functioning (SF)

50.9 ± 9.3

48.6 ± 11.9

2.3

0.236

 Role Emotional (RE)

39.7 ± 10.7

37.5 ± 10.8

2.2

0.247

 Mental Health (MH)

52.1 ± 8.6

44.6 ± 12.7

7.5

0.001

 Physical Component Summary (PCS)

52.3 ± 7.2

49.4 ± 9.2

2.9

0.057

 Mental Component Summary (MCS)

47.9 ± 8.6

43.4 ± 10.6

4.5

0.013

  1. *Independent Sample Student-t Test