With poor oral health (OHAT ≥ 5, n = 26) | Without poor oral health (OHAT < 5, n = 15) | Totald | p value in comparison test | |
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OHAT score (median, range) | 6, 5–13 | 2, 1–4 | 5, 1–13 | < 0.001c |
Males/females, % | 4/22, 15.4 | 4/11, 26.7 | 8/33, 19.5 | 0.434b |
Age in years (average ± SD) | 85.9 ± 8.49 | 82.3 ± 7.62 | 84.6 ± 8.28 | 0.181a |
BMI | 21.2 ± 4.65 | 21.5 ± 3.04 | 21.3 ± 4.10 | 0.812a |
Care needs score (median, range) | 6, 2–7 | 1, 1–6 | 5, 1–7 | < 0.001c |
Eating independence (not independent/independent, %) | 13/13, 50.0 | 0/15, 0.0 | 13/28, 46.4 | 0.001b |
Mucus score (median, range) | 24.1, 0.2–29.9 | 26.5, 18.8–29.9 | 25.3, 0.2–29.9 | 0.181c |
TCI socre (median, range) | 2, 1–13 | 2, 1–9 | 2.0, 1–13 | 0.825c |
Number of present teeth (median, range) | 7, 0–26 | 2, 0–23 | 6, 0–26 | 0.583c |
Number of decayed teeth (median, range) | 0, 0–9 | 0, 0–1 | 0, 0–9 | 0.030c |
Number of filled teeth (median, range) | 4.5, 0–19 | 2, 0–21 | 3, 0–21 | 0.947c |
Edentulous subjects (edentulous/dentate, %) | 5/21, 23.8 | 6/9, 40.0 | 11/30, 73.2 | 0.272b |
Denture wearer (wearers/non-wearers, %) | 12/14, 46.2 | 11/4, 73.3 | 23/18, 56.1 | 0.114b |