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Table 1 Characteristics of participants according to dental status (N = 551)

From: Gender and age group modified association of dental health indicators with total occlusal force among Korean elders

 

Dentate (n = 371)

Partial denture (n = 131)

Complete denture (n = 49)

p value

NT*

22.45 ± 5.68a

13.67 ± 5.35b

5.75 ± 3.10c

< 0.001

NRT*

25.38 ± 4.50a

26.66 ± 2.82b

27.16 ± 1.92b

< 0.001

NT-Post*

11.86 ± 4.29a

5.95 ± 3.17b

2.45 ± 1.86c

< 0.001

NRT-Post*

13.78 ± 3.67a

15.00 ± 2.24b

15.31 ± 1.52b

< 0.001

Age*, year

75.39 ± 5.08

76.40 ± 5.15

77.36 ± 6.24

0.016

Sex

0.187

 Male

102 (61.8)

45 (27.3)

18 (10.9)

 

 Female

269 (69.7)

86 (22.3)

31 (8.0)

 

Education level

0.135

 High school or more

98 (74.2)

26 (19.7)

8 (6.1)

 

 Junior school or less

273(65.2)

105 (25.1)

41 (9.8)

 

Smoking**

0.008

 No

278 (71.1)

85 (21.7)

28 (7.2)

 

 Yes

93 (58.1)

46 (28.7)

21 (13.1)

 

Alcohol drinking†

0.140

 No

122 (64.9)

43 (2.9)

23 (12.2)

 

 Yes

249(68.6)

88(24.2)

26(7.2)

 

Periodontitis♦

< 0.001

 No

113 (86.3)

14 (10.7)

4 (3.1)

 

 Yes

258 (61.4)

117 (27.9)

45 (10.7)

 

Metabolic syndrome‡

0.004

 No

144 (61.3)

60(25.5)

31(13.2)

 

 Yes

227 (71.8)

71(22.5)

18 (5.7)

 
  1. Data are presented as numbers (raw percentage) for categorical variables and mean ± standard deviation for continuous variables*
  2. Superscriptabc denotes same subgroup by Bonferroni’s post hoc multiple comparisons test in ANOVA
  3. p value: obtained from chi-square test for categorical variables and ANOVA including Bonferroni post hoc multiple comparison test for continuous variables
  4. Bold denotes statistically significant
  5. NT number of natural teeth, NRT number of natural and rehabilitated teeth, NT-Post number of natural posterior teeth, NRT-Post number of natural and rehabilitated posterior teeth
  6. **Smoking: “No” refers to never smoked, “Yes” refers to past and current smoker
  7. †Alcohol drinking: “No” refers to drunken, “Yes” refers to past and current drinker
  8. ♦Periodontitis: followed by guideline “Staging and grading of periodontitis: Framework and proposal of a new classification and case definition” [23] classified into two groups: No (healthy or stage I–II) and Yes (stage III–IV)
  9. ‡ Metabolic syndrome: “No” refers to two or fewer factors, “Yes” refers to three or more factors among five factors: Obesity (body mass index (body kg/ height m2) ≥ 25); Total triglyceride ≥ 150 mg/dL; HDL cholesterol: Male < 40 mg/dL, Female < 50 mg/dL or medication for dyslipidemia; Hypertension: systolic blood pressure ≥ 130 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 85 mmHg or medication for hypertension; Glycated hemoglobin ≥ 5.3% or medication for diabetes
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BMC Oral Health

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