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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the subjects participating in this stud

From: Effects of self-assessed chewing ability, tooth loss and serum albumin on mortality in 80-year-old individuals: a 20-year follow-up study

 

Men (n = 233)

Women (n = 375)

P-value

Total

Continuous variable

Number of remaining teeth

Mean SD

7.20 ± 8.71

3.09 ± 5.91

< 0.001

4.67 ± 8.70

Median

3

0

0

(25th–75th)

(0–13)

(0–3)

(0–8)

Serum levels of albumin

(g/dL)

Mean SD

4.20 ± 0.31

4.20 ± 0.26

0.906

4.20 ± 0.31

Median

4.2

4.2

4.2

(25th–75th)

(4.00–4.40)

(4.10–4.40)

(4.10–4.40)

BMI

Mean SD

22.70 ± 3.26

23.67 ± 3.64

0.003

23.29 ± 3.26

Median

22.66

23.47

23.11

(25th–75th)

(20.28–24.73)

(21.36–25.92)

(20.83–25.57)

Life expectancy (days)

Mean SD

2641 ± 1483

2930 ± 1582

0.017

2819 ± 1550

Median

2502

2711

2603

(25th–75th)

(1707–3605)

(1830–3699)

(1798–3694)

Categorical variables

 Dentulous or edentulous

  Edentulous

104 (44.6%)

243 (64.8%)

< 0.001

347 (57.1%)

  Dentulous

129 (55.4%)

132 (35.2%)

261 (42.9%)

Self-reported smoking status

 Current

57 (24.7%)

9 (2.4%)

< 0.001

66 (11.0%)

 Previous or never

174 (75.3%)

361 (97.5%)

535 (89.0%)

Self-reported alcohol consumption

 Daily

78 (31.1%)

23 (5.6%)

< 0.001

101 (15.3%)

 More than three days per week

9 (3.6%)

6 (1.5%)

15 (2.3%)

 One or two days per week

29 (11.6%)

16 (3.9%)

45 (6.8%)

 Less than 3 days per month

6 (2.4%)

9 (2.2%)

15 (2.3%)

 Almost never

35 (13.9%)

35 (8.5%)

70 (10.6%)

 Never

75 (29.9%)

283 (68.9%)

358 (54.1%)

 Missing

19 (7.6%)

39 (9.5%)

58 (8.8%)

BMI

 Severe thinness

1 (0.5%)

0 (0.0%)

0.098

1 (0.2%)

 Moderate thinness

3 (1.4%)

5 (1.5%)

8 (1.5%)

 Mild thinness

13 (6.1%)

18 (5.4%)

31 (5.6%)

 Normal range

148 (69.2%)

204 (60.7%)

352 (64.0%)

 Preobese

46 (21.5%)

90 (26.8%)

136 (24.7%)

 Obese class I

3 (1.4%)

17 (5.1%)

20 (3.6%)

 Obese class II

0 (0.0%)

2 (0.6%)

2 (0.4%)

  1. For continuous variables, differences by sex were evaluated by Mann-Whitney U tests, as the data were not normally distributed in the Kolmogorov-Smirnov results
  2. For categorical variables, p-values were calculated by chi-square tests
  3. Differences between men and women in life expectancy were statistically significant. Differences between men and women in the number of remaining teeth and “dentulous or edentulous” were statistically significant