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Table 1 Characteristics of participants

From: Development a new chewing problem directory and its validation for Korean elders

Variable

Developing sample

(n = 260)

Confirmation sample

(n = 277)

p value

Age, year

76.11 ± 5.01

76.50 ± 5.22

0.383

Sex

  

0.555

 Male

84 (30.3)

85 (32.7)

 

 Female

193 (69.7)

175 (67.3)

 

Educationa

  

0.763

 Middle school or less

214 (77.3)

198 (76.2)

 

 High school or more

63 (22.7)

62 (23.8)

 

Smokingb

  

0.539

 No

186 (67.1)

181 (69.6)

 

 Yes

91 (32.9)

79 (30.4)

 

Alcohol drinkingc

  

0.043

 No

105 (37.9)

77 (29.6)

 

 Yes

172 (62.1)

183 (70.4)

 

Periodontitisd

  

0.081

 No

60 (21.7)

41 (15.8)

 

 Yes

217 (78.3)

219 (84.2)

 

Metabolic syndromee

  

0.308

 No

125 (45.1)

106 (40.8)

 

 Yes

152 (54.9)

154 (59.2)

 

Frailty, n (%)

  

0.223

 No

228 (83.2)

224 (86.2)

 

 Yes

49 (17.7)

36 (13.8)

 

Dental status

  

0.470

 Dentate

162 (58.5)

160 (61.5)

 

 Denture

115 (41.5)

100 (38.5)

 

TOF, Newton

364.67 ± 314.67

369.51 ± 313.02

0.862

NRT

25.42 ± 4.16

25.44 ± 3.91

0.952

NRT Posterior

13.78 ± 3.26

13.86 ± 3.08

0.764

NT

16.39 ± 8.51

16.57 ± 8.76

0.814

NT Posterior

8.23 ± 5.18

8.01 ± 5.07

0.618

  1. Values denote as number (column percentage) for categorical variables and mean ± standard deviation (SD) for continuous variables
  2. TOF, total occlusion force; NRT, natural/rehabilitated teeth number; NT, natural teeth number; Posterior, premolars and molars
  3. p value was obtained from chi-square test for categorical variables and from T-test for continuous variables
  4. aEducation: "Middle school or less" refers to be educated until 9 years, the graduation of middle school, "High school or more" refers to be educated more than 9 years, entered into high school or more
  5. bSmoking: “No” refers to never smoked, “Yes” refers to past and current smoker
  6. cAlcohol drinking: “No” refers to drunken, “Yes” refers to past and current drinker
  7. dPeriodontitis: followed by guideline “Staging and grading of periodontitis: Framework and proposal of a new classification and case definition” (Tonetti et al., 2018) classified into two groups: No (healthy or stage I-II) and Yes (stage III-IV)
  8. eMetabolic 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