Table 3 Characteristics of study participants by number of teeth in NoT groups

N (%)

24,770 (75)

3653 (11)

4648 (14)

Age

44.21 (16.4)

61.38 (13.4)

67.09 (12.1)

 < .001

Male

12,004 (48.5)

1801 (49.3)

2316 (49.8)

0.19

Dental

NoT

26.03 (2.3)

15.37 (2.9)

2.37 (3.3)

 < .001

Anterior

11.80 (0.7)

9.02 (2.4)

1.60 (2.4)

 < .001

Posterior

14.23 (2.2)

6.36 (2.2)

0.77 (1.4)

 < .001

Incisor

7.84 (0.6)

5.73 (2.0)

0.93 (1.6)

 < .001

Canine

3.96 (0.2)

3.29 (0.8)

0.67 (1.0)

 < .001

Premolar

7.38 (1.1)

4.26 (1.5)

0.62 (1.1)

 < .001

Molar

6.85 (1.6)

2.09 (1.5)

0.15 (0.5)

 < .001

Smoking

Never

14,443 (58.3)

1574 (43.1)

1564 (33.6)

 < .001

Past

5478 (22.1)

1160 (31.8)

1783 (38.4)

 < .001

Current

4849 (19.6)

919 (25.2)

1301 (28.0)

 < .001

Cause of death

Total mortality

1621 (6.5)

754 (20.6)

1603 (34.5)

 < .001

Maximum FU months

100.20 (54.6)

90.00 (52.6)

84.88 (52.0)

 < .001

Heart diseases

238 (1.0)

131 (3.6)

317 (6.8)

 < .001

Malignant neoplasms

389 (1.6)

174 (4.8)

357 (7.7)

 < .001

Accidents

78 (0.3)

18 (0.5)

24 (0.5)

0.042

Cerebrovascular diseases

59 (0.2)

28 (0.8)

57 (1.2)

 < .001

Diabetes MCOD

149 (9.2)

72 (9.5)

236 (14.8)

 < .001

Systemic

Hypertension

13,508 (54.5)

2882 (78.9)

3884 (83.6)

 < .001

Total CVD

1175 (4.7)

503 (13.8)

994 (21.4)

 < .001

Diabetes

2255 (9.1)

805 (22.0)

1293 (27.8)

 < .001

Stroke

432 (1.7)

222 (6.1)

472 (10.2)

 < .001

BMI (kg/m²)

28.71 (6.6)

29.41 (6.6)

28.69 (6.4)

 < .001

Femoral Neck BMD^c (gm/cm²)

0.84 (0.1)

0.80 (0.2)

0.75 (0.1)

 < .001