Table 2 Distribution of oral health characteristics by OHL levels
From: Relationship between oral health literacy and oral health status
Variables | All Subjects | Low OHL | High OHL | p-value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | (<=18) N (%) | (> 18) N (%) | ||
Cigarette Smoking | ||||
Current Smoker | 10 (6.7) | 4 (4.3) | 6 (10.3) | 0.137 |
Former/Never Smoker | 140 (93.3) | 88 (95.7) | 52 (89.7) | |
Caries risk level‖ | ||||
Low | 20 (13.3) | 12 (13.0) | 8 (13.8) | 0.67 |
Moderate | 56 (37.3) | 34 (37.0) | 22 (37.9) | |
High | 67 (44.7) | 39 (42.4) | 28 (48.3) | |
Extremely high | 3 (2.0) | 3 (3.3) | 0 (0.0) | |
Periodontal risk level‖ | ||||
Low | 50 (33.3) | 27 (29.3) | 23 (39.7) | 0.006 |
Moderate | 64 (42.7) | 34 (37.0) | 30 (51.7) | |
High | 31 (20.7) | 27 (29.3) | 4 (6.9) | |
Periodontitis | ||||
Healthy/Mild | 68 (45.3) | 36 (39.1) | 32 (55.2) | 0.039 |
Moderate | 42 (28.0) | 25 (27.2) | 17 (29.3) | |
Severe | 40 (26.7) | 31 (33.7) | 9 (15.5) | |
Caries Experience | ||||
DT | 0.84 ± 0.95 | 0.95 ± 0.93 | 0.67 ± 0.96 | 0.561† |
MT | 2.93 ± 2.07 | 2.95 ± 1.87 | 2.90 ± 2.37 | 0.004† |
FT | 3.6 ± 2.1 | 3.29 ± 1.91 | 3.98 ± 2.33 | 0.019† |
DMFT | 7.33 ± 2.68 | 7.18 ± 2.54 | 7.55 ± 2.89 | 0.281† |