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Table 1 Baseline demographics and clinical characteristics of the study population NHANES 2009–2014

From: Psoriasis and oral health in adult United States population: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Total population

Psoriasis*

Non-psoriasis

p value

N

%

n

%

n

%

 

11,726

 

342

3%

11,384

97%

 

Age

Mean (SE)

 

52 (0.3)

 

53.4 (0.8)

 

51.8 (0.3)

0.07

30–44 years

2570

23%

 

19%

 

23%

0.4

45–59 years

4872

47%

 

49.5%

 

47%

 

 >  = 60 years

4284

30%

 

31.5%

 

30%

 

Gender

Male

5786

48.5%

 

49%

 

48.5%

0.9

Female

5940

51.5%

 

51%

 

51.5%

 

Race

Mexican American or Hispanic

2732

13%

 

9.4%

 

13%

0.002

Non-Hispanic White

5148

69%

 

78.5%

 

68.5%

 

Non-Hispanic Black

2467

11%

 

6%

 

11%

 

Other Race—Including Multi-Racial

1379

7.3%

 

6%

 

7.5%

 

Income level

 < 100% FPL **

1862

11%

 

12%

 

11%

0.9

100–199% FPL

2520

16.5%

 

16%

 

16.5%

 

200–499% FPL

2926

28.5%

 

29%

 

28.5%

 

 >  = 500% FPL

3418

44%

 

43%

 

44%

 

Education

Less than high school

2990

17%

 

16%

 

17%

0.9

High school

2581

21.5%

 

21%

 

21.5%

 

More than high school

6140

61.5%

 

63%

 

61.5%

 

Health Insurance

Private

4648

50%

 

44.5%

 

50%

0.2

Public

4534

33%

 

39%

 

33%

 

No

2517

17%

 

16%

 

17%

 

BMI

Normal

3126

27%

 

20%

 

27%

0.1

Overweight

4049

35.5%

 

39%

 

35.5%

 

Obese

4461

37.5%

 

41%

 

37.5%

 

Smoking

Never

6332

54.5%

 

43%

 

55%

 < 0.01

Former

3067

27%

 

42.5%

 

26.5%

 

Current

2322

18.5%

 

14.5%

 

18.5%

 

Dental need

Regular/routine care

4690

47.5%

 

51%

 

47.5%

0.3

Need dental treatment

7036

52.5%

 

49%

 

52.5%

 

Periodontitis

Moderate/Severe

5459

44%

 

45.6%

 

44%

0.6

No/Mild

5181

56%

 

54.4%

 

56%

 

Dentition

Non-functional

3296

20.5%

 

19%

 

20.5%

0.6

Functional

8430

79.5%

 

81%

 

79.5%

 
  1. BMI body mass index
  2. *Psoriasis includes the weighted percentage and population of NHANES participants who self-reported that they had psoriasis
  3. **FPL, federal poverty level
  4. Smoking status: never smokers were those who had smoked ≤ 100 cigarettes; former smokers were those who had smoked 100 + cigarettes in their lifetime but no longer smoked; current smokers were persons who had smoked 100 + cigarettes in their lifetime and smoked every day or some days at the time of the survey