Table 2 Socio-demographic and medical characteristics of the sample according to the two groups: with and without sensitive teeth (ST) (n = 2413)
Without ST | With ST | p b | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of subjects | Percentage a (%) | Number of subjects | Percentage a (%) | ||
Total | 1395 | 100 | 1018 | 100 | |
Gender | 0.14 | ||||
Female | 708 | 50.7 | 547 | 53.7 | |
Male | 687 | 49.3 | 471 | 46.3 | |
Age group | 0.09 | ||||
18–34 | 672 | 48.2 | 524 | 51.5 | |
35–64 | 623 | 44.6 | 440 | 43.2 | |
≥ 65 | 100 | 7.2 | 54 | 5.3 | |
Occupation | 0.01* | ||||
Farmer | 14 | 1.0 | 7 | 0.7 | |
Craftsperson, merchant, business leader | 95 | 6.8 | 70 | 6.9 | |
Intermediate profession | 131 | 9.4 | 78 | 7.6 | |
Employee | 331 | 23.7 | 301 | 29.6 | |
Labourer | 56 | 4.1 | 48 | 4.7 | |
Executive or highly intellectual activity | 267 | 19.1 | 167 | 16.4 | |
Retired | 156 | 11.2 | 87 | 8.5 | |
No activity | 345 | 24.7 | 260 | 25.6 | |
Marital status | 0.69 | ||||
Married/ Cohabiting couple | 834 | 59.8 | 590 | 58.0 | |
Single | 418 | 30.0 | 320 | 31.4 | |
Divorced | 105 | 7.5 | 84 | 8.2 | |
Widowed | 38 | 2.7 | 24 | 2.4 | |
Use of tobacco | < 0.001* | ||||
Yes | 435 | 31.2 | 410 | 40.3 | |
No | 960 | 68.8 | 608 | 59.7 | |
Period of frequent vomiting c | 0.32 | ||||
Yes | 248 | 17.8 | 197 | 19.4 | |
No | 1147 | 82.2 | 821 | 80.6 | |