Table 1 Characteristics of participants with any oral symptoms as their most concerning subjective symptom (N = 4111)
| Â | Overall | Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  |  | Treatment n = 1273 (68.4%) | No treatment n = 589 (31.6%) |  | Treatment n = 1649 (73.3%) | No treatment n = 600 (26.7%) |  | |
n | % | % | % | P | % | % | P | |
Age (years) | ||||||||
 40–49 | 754 | 18.3 | 67.4 | 32.6 | < 0.01 | 64.8 | 35.2 | < 0.01 |
 50–59 | 966 | 23.5 | 63.1 | 36.9 |  | 70.0 | 30.1 |  |
 60–69 | 1270 | 30.9 | 67.5 | 32.5 |  | 77.7 | 22.3 |  |
 ≥ 70 | 1121 | 27.3 | 75.4 | 24.6 |  | 76.6 | 23.4 |  |
Marital status | ||||||||
 Married | 3024 | 73.6 | 70.6 | 29.4 | < 0.01 | 72.6 | 27.5 | < 0.01 |
 Non-married | 1087 | 26.4 | 59.6 | 40.4 |  | 75.0 | 25.0 |  |
Employment status | ||||||||
 Employed | 2152 | 52.4 | 67.7 | 32.3 | < 0.01 | 70.2 | 29.8 | < 0.01 |
 Unemployed | 1959 | 47.6 | 69.6 | 30.4 |  | 75.6 | 24.4 |  |
Education | ||||||||
 Up to junior high school | 722 | 17.6 | 70.6 | 29.4 | < 0.01 | 74.5 | 25.5 | < 0.05 |
 High school | 2017 | 49.1 | 68.2 | 31.8 |  | 73.2 | 26.9 |  |
 College | 670 | 16.3 | 64.0 | 36.0 |  | 72.2 | 27.8 |  |
 University or higher | 702 | 17.1 | 69.0 | 31.0 |  | 74.6 | 25.4 |  |
Equivalent household expenditure (yen) | ||||||||
 < 100,000 | 939 | 22.8 | 65.2 | 34.8 | < 0.01 | 71.9 | 28.2 | 0.03 |
 100,000–149,999 | 1392 | 33.9 | 70.2 | 29.8 |  | 74.2 | 25.8 |  |
 150,000–199,999 | 830 | 20.2 | 66.2 | 33.8 |  | 73.4 | 26.6 |  |
 ≥ 200,000 | 950 | 23.1 | 70.9 | 29.1 |  | 73.4 | 26.6 |  |
Smoking status | ||||||||
 Current smoker | 896 | 21.8 | 62.7 | 37.3 | < 0.01 | 67.3 | 32.7 | < 0.01 |
 Non-smoker | 3216 | 78.2 | 71.5 | 28.5 |  | 74.0 | 26.0 |  |