Table 2 Association between history of periodontal disease and dry eye diagnosis or symptoms by gender
Variables | Total participants, n (%) | p value | Male participants, n (%) | p value | Female participants, n (%) | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
With PD (n = 14,345) | Without PD (n = 22,143) | With PD (n = 7278) | Without PD (n = 10,024) | With PD (n = 7067) | Without PD (n = 12,119) | ||||
History of dry eye diagnosis | |||||||||
No Yes | 13,289 (92.6) 1056 (7.4) | 20,682 (93.4) 1461 (6.6) | 0.005 | 6763 (92.9) 515 (7.1) | 9376 (93.5) 648 (6.5) | 0.113 | 6526 (92.3) 541 (7.7) | 11,306 (93.3) 813 (6.7) | 0.014 |
Dry eye symptom: Feels dryness in eyes | |||||||||
Never Sometimes Always | 9666 (67.4) 4137 (28.8) 542 (3.8) | 15,179 (68.5) 6192 (28.0) 772 (3.5) | 0.046 | 4888 (67.2) 2116 (29.0) 274 (3.8) | 6892 (68.8) 2805 (28.0) 327 (3.3) | 0.041 | 4778 (67.6) 2021 (28.6) 268 (3.8) | 8287 (68.4) 3387 (27.9) 445 (3.7) | 0.540 |
Dry eye symptom: Feels a foreign body in the eyes | |||||||||
Never Sometimes Always | 10,361 (72.2) 3717 (25.9) 272 (1.9) | 16,014 (72.3) 5796 (26.2) 333 (1.5) | 0.015 | 5252 (72.2) 1892 (26.0) 134 (1.8) | 7262 (72.4) 2627 (26.2) 135 (1.3) | 0.034 | 5109 (72.3) 1820 (25.8) 138 (2.0) | 8752 (72.2) 3169 (26.1) 198 (1.6) | 0.239 |