Table 1 Participants' demographic and health characteristics and relationship between the characteristics and their edentulous status (N = 222)
Variables | Measures | Univariate analysis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Participants' edentulous status | p-value | |||
Yes | No | |||
Age, year, Mean ± SD | 39.68 ± 8.62 | 43.61 ± 8.60 | 37.51 ± 7.84 | 0.001¶ |
Sex, N (%) |  |  |  | 0.001¶¶ |
 Man | 151 (68.02) | 65 (43.05) | 86 (56.95) |  |
 Woman | 71 (31.98) | 14 (19.72) | 57 (80.28) |  |
Duration of disease, year, Mean ± SD | 7.61 ± 4.21 | 8.70 ± 4.78 | 7.07 ± 4.09 | 0.008¶ |
Marital status, N (%) |  |  |  | 0.294¶¶ |
 Single | 77 (34.68) | 32 (41.56) | 45 (58.44) |  |
 Divorced/widowed | 61 (27.48) | 22 (36.06) | 39 (63.94) |  |
 Married | 84 (37.84) | 25 (29.76) | 59 (70.24) |  |
Number of their children, Mean ± SD | 0.97 ± 1.39 | 1.01 ± 1.62 | 0.94 ± 1.25 | 0.726¶ |
Education, N (%) |  |  |  | 0.277¶¶ |
 0–5 year education | 91 (40.99) | 38 (41.76) | 53 (58.24) |  |
 6–11 year education | 89 (40.09) | 28 (31.46) | 61 (68.54) |  |
 Having a diploma degree or university education | 42 (18.92) | 13 (30.95) | 29 (69.05) |  |
Employment status, N (%) |  |  |  | 0.003¶¶ |
 Unemployed or having a temporary job | 118 (53.15) | 52 (44.07) | 66 (55.93) |  |
 Having a permanent job | 36 (16.22) | 14 (38.89) | 22 (61.11) |  |
 Homemaker | 68 (30.63) | 13 (19.12) | 55 (80.88) |  |
Route of HIV transmission, N (%) |  |  |  | 0.006¶¶ |
 Using share syringe by IV-drug abusers | 128 (57.66) | 58 (45.31) | 70 (54.69) |  |
 Sexual contact outside the family | 46 (20.72) | 10 (21.74) | 36 (78.26) |  |
 Transmission from her/his HIV + spouse | 37 (16.67) | 9 (24.32) | 28 (75.68) |  |
 Other routes | 11 (4.95) | 2 (18.18) | 9 (81.82) |  |
Smoking cigarette/hookah (up to now), N (%) |  |  |  |  < 0.001¶¶ |
 Yes | 150 (67.57) | 68 (45.34) | 82 (54.66) |  |
 No | 72 (32.43) | 11 (15.28) | 61 (84.72) |  |
Drinking alcohol (up to now), N (%) |  |  |  | 0.001¶¶ |
 Yes | 96 (43.24) | 46 (47.92) | 50 (52.08) |  |
 No | 126 (56.76) | 33 (26.19) | 93 (73.81) |  |
Addiction to smoked illegal drugs (up to now), N (%) |  |  |  |  < 0.001¶¶ |
 Yes | 138 (62.16) | 66 (47.83) | 72 (52.17) |  |
 No | 84 (37.84) | 13 (15.48) | 71 (84.52) |  |
Addiction to injected illegal drugs (up to now), N (%) |  |  |  |  < 0.001¶¶ |
 Yes | 119 (53.60) | 59 (49.58) | 60 (50.42) |  |
 No | 103 (46.40) | 20 (19.42) | 83 (80.58) |  |
History of imprisonment, N (%) |  |  |  |  < 0.001¶¶ |
 Yes | 130 (58.56) | 62 (47.69) | 68 (52.31) |  |
 No | 92 (41.44) | 17 (18.48) | 75 (81.52) |  |