Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants*
From: Alveolar bone loss and tooth loss contribute to increase in cancer mortality among older patients
Survivors | Total cancer | LOP cancer | Digestive cancer | Respiratory cancer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Participants | 727(63.44%) | 104(9.08%) | 28(2.44%) | 39(3.40%) | 13(1.13%) |
Residual alveolar bone% | 0.39 (0.18) | 0.33 (0.20) | 0.314 (0.18) | 0.35 (0.20) | 0.30 (0.24) |
Loss of teeth | 13.50 (8.10) | 15.60 (8.91) | 15.40 (9.43) | 15.40 (8.22) | 16.20 (10.30) |
Age | 80.00 (3.39) | 81.40 (4.54) | 81.40 (5.21) | 81.30 (4.42) | 81.10 (5.06) |
Sex | |||||
Male | 329 (45.30%) | 53 (51.00%) | 14 (50.00%) | 19 (48.70%) | 9 (69.20%) |
Female | 398 (54.70%) | 51 (49.00%) | 14 (50.00%) | 20 (51.30%) | 4 (30.80%) |
BMI(kg/m2) | |||||
< 25 | 579(81.32%) | 79(81.44%) | 19(79.17%) | 33(89.19%) | 8(61.54%) |
≥ 25 | 133(18.68%) | 18(18.56%) | 5(20.83%) | 4(10.81%) | 5(38.46%) |
Education levels(year) | |||||
≤ 6 | 295(50.95%) | 44(47.83%) | 15(55.56%) | 14(42.42%) | 7(63.64%) |
7–12 | 235(40.59%) | 33(35.87%) | 10(37.04%) | 13(39.39%) | 2(18.18%) |
> 12 | 49(8.46%) | 15(16.3%) | 2(7.41%) | 6(18.18%) | 2(18.18%) |
Smoking habits | |||||
Nonsmoker | 619(86.82%) | 76(77.55%) | 19(76.00%) | 29(78.38%) | 9(69.23%) |
Previous smoker | 77(10.80%) | 17(17.35%) | 5(20.00%) | 6(16.22%) | 3(23.08%) |
Current smoker | 17(2.38%) | 5(5.10%) | 1(4.00%) | 2(5.41%) | 1(7.69%) |
Drinking habits | |||||
Never drink | 586(82.19%) | 74(75.51%) | 17(68.00%) | 30(81.08%) | 12(92.31%) |
Drink sometimes | 115(16.13%) | 24(24.49%) | 8(32.00%) | 7(18.92%) | 1(7.69%) |
Drink everyday | 12(1.68%) | 0(0.00%) | 0(0.00%) | 0(0.00%) | 0(0.00%) |
Hypertension | |||||
Without | 158(21.73%) | 42(40.38%) | 18(64.29%) | 12(30.77%) | 5(38.46%) |
With | 569(78.27%) | 62(59.62%) | 10(35.71%) | 27(69.23%) | 8(61.54%) |
Diabetes | |||||
Without | 676(92.98%) | 95(91.35%) | 27(96.43%) | 34(87.18%) | 12(92.31%) |
With | 51(7.02%) | 9(8.65%) | 1(3.57%) | 5(12.82%) | 1(7.69%) |