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Table 2 Prevalence of DT, T, DMFT, age and BEWE and their association with substance abuse among prisoners, n = 50

From: Erosive tooth wear and use of psychoactive substances among Finnish prisoners

Variable n (%)

DT n (%)

T n (%)

DMFT n (%)

Age n (%)

BEWE n (%)

0–4 27 (54.0)

≥5 23 (46.0)

0–23 17 (34.0)

≥24 33 (66.0)

0–15 20 (40.0)

≥16 30 (60.0)

< 35 29 (58.0)

≥35 21 (42.0)

0–2 2 (4.0)

3–8 37 (74.0)

≥9 11 (22.0)

Alcohol

Major 12 (24.0)

7 (25.9)

5(21.7)

6 (35.3)

6 (18.2)

5 (25.0)

7 (23.3)

7 (24.1)

5 (23.8)

0

7 (18.9)

5 (45.5)

Moderate 24 (48.0)

13 (48.1)

11 (47.8)

11 (64.7)

13 (39.4)

8 (40.0)

16 (53.3)

18 (62.1)

6 (28.6)

2 (100.0)

19 (51.4)

3 (27.3)

No 14 (28.0)

7 (25.9)

7 (30.4)

0

14 (42.4)

7 (35.0)

7 (23.3)

4 (13.8)

10 (47.6)

0

11 (29.7)

3 (27.3)

p

0.913a

0.002* b

0.594a

0.020 *a

0.239b

Smoking

Yes 44 (88.0)

24 (88.9)

20 (87.0)

15 (88.2)

29 (87.9)

19 (95.0)

25 (83.3)

29 (100.0)

15 (71.4)

2 (100.0)

33 (89.2)

9 (81.8)

No 6 (12.0)

3 (11.1)

3 (13.0)

2 (11.8)

4 (12.1)

1 (5.0)

5 (16.7)

0

6 (28.6)

0

4 (10.8)

2 (18.2)

p

n.s

n.s

0.381b

0.003 * b

0.698b

Snuff

Yes 10 (20.0)

6 (22.2)

4 (17.4)

3 (17.6)

7 (21.2)

4 (20.0)

6 (20.0)

8 (27.6)

2 (9.5)

1 (50.0)

8 (21.6)

1 (9.1)

No 40 (80.0)

21 (77.8)

19 (82.6)

14 (82.4)

26 (78.8)

16 (80.0)

24 (80.0)

21 (72.4)

19 (90.5)

1 (50.0)

29 (78.4)

10 (90.9)

p

0.736b

n.s

n.s

0.160b

0.384b

Drug

Yes 31 (62.0)

15 (55.6)

16 (69.6)

11 (64.7)

20 (60.6)

12 (60.0)

19 (63.3)

21 (72.4)

10 (47.6)

2 (100.0)

25 (67.6)

4 (36.4)

No 19 (38.0)

12 (44.4)

7 (30.4)

6 (35.3)

13 (39.4)

8 (40.0)

11 (36.7)

8 (27.6)

11 (52.4)

0

12 (32.4)

7 (63.6)

p

0.309a

0.777a

0.812a

0.075a

0.108b

  1. aPearson Chi-Square test, bFisher’s exact test, *p < 0.05
  2. Major consumer of alcohol: drinking more than once a week; moderate user: once a week/every other week/twice a month or less frequently/once a month