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Table 1 General characteristics of participants

From: Analysis of the relationship between periodontitis and osteoporosis/fractures: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Total participants

P value

Periodontitis

Control

Age (mean ± SD)

54.8 ± 7.9

53.0 ± 8.3

 < 0.001*

Sex (n, %)

  

 < 0.001†

 Men

3852 (38.6)

43,409 (34.6)

 

 Women

6117 (61.4)

81,915 (65.4)

 

BMI (mean ± SD: kg/m2)

24.0 ± 2.9

23.9 ± 2.9

 < 0.001*

Income (n, %)

  

 < 0.001†

 Missing, no response

766 (7.7)

10,854 (8.7)

 

 Lowest

3435 (34.5)

35,590 (28.4)

 

 Middle

3675 (36.9)

49,421 (39.4)

 

 Highest

2093 (21.0)

29,459 (23.5)

 

Smoking status (n, %)

  

 < 0.001†

 Non-smoker

6685 (67.1)

91,121 (72.7)

 

 Past smoker

1796 (18.0)

18,593 (14.8)

 

 Current smoker

1488 (14.9)

15,610 (12.5)

 

Alcohol consumption (n, %)

  

 < 0.001†

 Non-drinker

4784 (48.0)

64,037 (51.1)

 

 Past drinker

475 (4.8)

4537 (3.6)

 

Current drinker

4710 (47.2)

56,750 (45.3)

 

Nutritional intake (mean ± SD)

   

 Total calories (kcal/d)

1760.1 ± 580.5

1749.4 ± 569.4

0.073

 Protein (g/d)

58.9 ± 26.6

59.8 ± 26.4

0.002*

 Fat (g/d)

27.5 ± 18.5

28.3 ± 18.2

 < 0.001*

 Carbohydrate (g/d)

315.0 ± 95.2

310.0 ± 92.8

 < 0.001*

 Calcium (mg/d)

446.3 ± 264.2

447.3 ± 266.1

0.712*

 Phosphorus (mg/d)

889.7 ± 369.5

896.4 ± 367.3

0.082*

 Potassium (mg/d)

2243.9 ± 1095.1

2253.7 ± 1075.8

0.380*

Osteoporosis (n, %)

1255

7867

 < 0.001†

Fracture (n, %)

1824

14,926

 < 0.001†

  1. SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index
  2. *Independent t test
  3. †Chi-squared test