From: Perceived general health in relation to oral health status in a rural Kenyan elderly population
Number | Traditional extraction | P valuea | Tooth mobility | P valuea | Gum bleeding | P valuea | Present teeth | P valueb | FTUc | P valueb | ||||||
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N | % | N | % | N | % | Mean | Median | Mean | Median | |||||||
Sex | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 46 | 34 | 73.9 | < 0.01 | 26 | 56.5 | 0.46 | 16 | 34.8 | 0.15 | 23.4 | 25 | 0.06 | 7.5 | 9 | 0.81 |
Female | 85 | 79 | 92.9 | 54 | 63.5 | 41 | 48.2 | 21.2 | 24 | 7.4 | 8 | |||||
Age class | ||||||||||||||||
65–69 | 32 | 19 | 59.4 | < 0.01 | 18 | 56.3 | 0.87 | 17 | 53.1 | 0.31 | 26.2 | 26 | < 0.01 | 9.5 | 10 | < 0.01 |
70–74 | 27 | 24 | 88.9 | 17 | 63.0 | 14 | 51.9 | 23.0 | 24 | 7.7 | 8 | |||||
75–79 | 37 | 37 | 100.0 | 22 | 59.5 | 13 | 35.1 | 20.8 | 23 | 7.1 | 8 | |||||
80– | 35 | 33 | 94.3 | 23 | 65.7 | 13 | 37.1 | 18.6 | 23 | 5.7 | 6 |