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Table 2 Baseline weighted characteristics of study participants according to type of complication outcome (nā€‰=ā€‰5183; Nā€‰=ā€‰1,308,911)

From: Acute and chronic diabetes complications associated with self-reported oral health: a retrospective cohort study

Baseline Characteristics

Diabetes Complications

No Complication (nĀ =ā€‰3367)

Acute Complication (nĀ =ā€‰254)

Chronic Complication (nĀ =ā€‰1562)

Age (Mean, Ā±SD)

61.6ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.4

64.8ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.4

65.6ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.7

Sex (% Male)

51.8

42.2

44.1

Race (%White)

72.7

80.9

82.4

Income (%)

ā€ƒQuintile 1

14.7

19.0

18.1

ā€ƒQuintile 2

13.2

9.8

15.1

ā€ƒQuintile 3

20.4

16.2

17.8

ā€ƒQuintile 4

19.2

17.7

22.0

ā€ƒQuintile 5

17.9

21.1

14.7

Education (%)

ā€ƒā€‰<ā€‰Diploma

21.0

33.8

31.9

ā€ƒDiploma

12.3

13.1

16.3

ā€ƒPost-Secondary

61.6

48.4

49.2

RIO (%)

ā€ƒUrban

92.3

91.0

87.7

ā€ƒRural

7.7

9.0

12.4

Chronic disease (%)

49.6

65.8

64.4

BMI (Mean, SD)

27.8ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.2

28.4ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.8

28.6ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.3

DM duration (years) (Mean, SD)

6.4ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.2

10.4ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.5

7.4ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.2

Stress (%)

43.2

38.7

39.9

Health status (%)

ā€ƒExcellent

6.5

3.9

4.7

ā€ƒVery good

21.9

8.1

16.1

ā€ƒGood

38.2

33.1

31.0

ā€ƒFair

23.4

32.6

30.8

ā€ƒPoor

10.0

22.3

17.9

Community belonging (%)

66.7

65.5

64.4

Smoking (%)

ā€ƒCurrent

13.5

21.3

17.6

ā€ƒFormer

46.8

46.8

48.2

ā€ƒNever smoked

39.7

33.3

34.2

Alcohol use (%)

ā€ƒRegular

46.2

31.9

41.2

ā€ƒOccasionally

18.3

23.8

21.7

ā€ƒFormer

30.8

39.8

31.4

ā€ƒNever drank

4.7

4.5

5.9

Activity index (%)

ā€ƒActive

17.9

14.4

17.7

ā€ƒMod. active

21.9

13.7

19.1

ā€ƒInactive

60.2

71.8

63.1

Dental visits (%)

ā€ƒ0/year

37.6

46.2

45.8

ā€ƒ1ā€“2 Visits/year

45.5

42.2

40.1

ā€ƒā€‰>ā€‰2 Visits/year

16.9

11.7

14.1

Health care visits (%)

ā€ƒGeneral Physician

11.1

2.3

3.1

ā€ƒSpecialist

8.7

15.6

12.2

ā€ƒGPā€‰+ā€‰SP

80.2

82.1

84.7

  1. *Note: percentages may not add up to 100% because of missing categories or rounding