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Table 1 Dental health status of the participants

From: Oral health status and associated lifestyle behaviors in a sample of Iranian adults: an exploratory household survey

Variables

Age (y); n (%)

p-value

Total

p-value

Number of natural teeth

18–35

36–50

51–65

< 0.0001

Male

female

0.553

No natural teeth

0 (0)

35 (4.9)

152 (20.7)

93 (49.7)

94 (50.3)

 

 1–9

0 (0)

21 (2.9)

155 (21.1)

87 (49.4)

89 (50.6)

 

 10–19

63 (7.3)

150 (20.9)

64 (8.7)

124 (44.8)

153 (55.2)

 

 20 teeth or more

795 (92.7)

513 (71.3)

362 (49.4)

824 (49.3)

846 (50.7)

 

Dental/oral pain or discomfort during the last 12 mo (yes) (yes)

611 (71.2)

401 (55.8)

402 (54.8)

< 0.0001

657 (46.5)

757 (53.5)

0.004

Presence of removable dentures

 Partial removable denture

80 (9.3)

119 (16.6)

160 (21.8)

< 0.0001

174 (48.5)

185 (51.5)

0.881

 Full upper denture

9 (1)

57 (7.9)

187 (25.5)

< 0.0001

127 (50.2)

126 (49.8)

0.645

 Full lower denture

4 (0.5)

44 (6.1)

157 (21.4)

< 0.0001

103 (50.2)

102 (49.8)

0.672

Status of dental health

   

0.061

  

0.141

 Good

526(60.8)

475 (66.2)

424 (57.8)

 

722 (50.7)

703 (49.3)

 

 Average

265 (30.5)

138 (19.1)

188 (31.8)

 

275 (46.5)

53.5 (316)

 

 Poor

49 (5.7)

94 (13.1)

88 (38.1)

 

106 (45.9)

125 (54.1)

 

Status of gum health

   

0.050

   

 Good

310 (39.2)

292 (46.6)

258 (40.0)

 

417 (48.5)

443 (51.5)

0.202

 Average

126 (16.0)

79 (12.5)

96 (14.2)

 

137 (45.5)

164 (54.5)

 

 Poor

354 (44.7)

256 (40.9)

289 (44.8)

 

460 (51.2)

439 (48.8)

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