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Table 2 Total occlusal force according to dental health indicators (N = 551)

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

Variable

N

Occlusal force (Newton)

Crude, mean ± SD

Adjusted, mean ± SE

Dental status

 Dentate

371

471.82 ± 368.00a

464.24 ± 17.15a

 Partial denture

131

284.64 ± 217.36b

297.15 ± 28.85b

 Complete denture

49

256.48 ± 246.31b

280.42 ± 47.71b

 p value

 

< 0.001

< 0.001

NT

 Low (0–15 teeth)

167

262.83 ± 218.83a

262.87 ± 25.78a

 Moderate (16–23 teeth)

199

398.65 ± 333.28b

405.02 ± 22.84b

 High (24–32 teeth)

185

550.24 ± 379.74c

542.71 ± 25.09c

 p value

 

< 0.001

< 0.001

NRT

 Low (0–15 teeth)

17

265.42 ± 347.83a

301.17 ± 81.49a

 Moderate (16–23 teeth)

87

303.85 ± 282.99a,b

311.30 ± 36.18a,b

 High (24–32 teeth)

447

433.90 ± 340.56a,c

431.09 ± 15.75a,c

 p value

 

< 0.001

0.005

  1. SD standard deviation, SE standard error, NT number of natural teeth, NRT number of natural and rehabilitated teeth
  2. P value obtained from ANOVA for crude value and ANCOVA for adjusted value controlling for age, sex, education, smoking, alcohol, periodontitis, metabolic syndrome
  3. Superscriptabc denote same subgroup by Bonferroni’s post hoc multiple comparisons test