Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics and use of smokeless tobacco
From: Patterns and predictors of periodontal disease and tooth loss among users of smokeless tobacco
Variables | Categories | Frequency (N 377) | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | Under 30 year | 135 | 35.8 |
30 years or above | 242 | 64.2 | |
Gender | Male | 231 | 61.3 |
Female | 146 | 38.7 | |
Education | Primary | 72 | 19.09 |
Secondary | 167 | 44.29 | |
Tertiary | 138 | 36.6 | |
Brushing Habits | Once or more in a day | 153 | 40.58 |
Occasionally | 141 | 37.4 | |
Never | 83 | 22.01 | |
Type of smokeless tobacco (SLT) | Betel quid with tobacco (paan) | 88 | 23.3 |
Gutka | 108 | 28.6 | |
Nawar | 67 | 17.8 | |
Dry packet | 22 | 5.8 | |
Mawa/mainpuri | 68 | 18 | |
Betel nut | 13 | 3.4 | |
others | 11 | 2.9 | |
Using SLT for years | Less than 5 | 168 | 44.6 |
5 or more | 209 | 55.4 | |
Retention of SLT in mouth in minutes | Less than 5 | 192 | 50.9 |
5 or more | 185 | 49.1 | |
Frequency of using SLT in a day | Less than 5 | 149 | 39.5 |
5 or more | 228 | 60.5 |