Table 3 Association between history of periodontal disease and dry eye diagnosis or symptoms by age
Variables | 40ā49 years, n (%) | 50ā59 years, n (%) | 60ā69 years, n (%) | 70ā79 years, n (%) | ā„ā80 years, n (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
With PD (nā=ā1738) | Without PD (nā=ā4297) | With PD (nā=ā3324) | Without PD (nā=ā5039) | With PD (nā=ā4798) | Without PD (nā=ā5702) | With PD (nā=ā3039) | Without PD (nā=ā4075) | With PD (nā=ā1446) | Without PD (nā=ā3030) | |
History of dry eye diagnosis | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā |
āNo | 1603 (92.2) | 4008 (93.3) | 3074 (92.5) | 4714 (93.6) | 4426 (92.2) | 5313 (93.2) | 2840 (93.5) | 3817 (93.7) | 1346 (93.1) | 2830 (93.4) |
āYes | 135 (7.8) | 289 (6.7) | 250 (7.5) | 325 (6.4) | 372 (7.8) | 389 (6.8) | 199 (6.5) | 258 (6.3) | 100 (6.9) | 200 (6.6) |
p value | 0.152 | 0.058 | 0.067 | 0.712 | 0.694 | |||||
Dry eye symptom: Feels dryness in eyes | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā |
āNever | 1173 (67.5) | 2940 (68.4) | 2195 (66.0) | 3497 (69.4) | 3228 (67.3) | 3904 (68.5) | 2072 (68.2) | 2745 (67.4) | 998 (69.0) | 2093 (69.1) |
āSometimes | 487 (28.0) | 1207 (28.1) | 993 (29.9) | 1373 (27.2) | 1400 (29.2) | 1584 (27.8) | 859 (28.3) | 1196 (29.3) | 398 (27.5) | 832 (27.5) |
āAlways | 78 (4.5) | 150 (3.5) | 136 (4.1) | 169 (3.4) | 170 (3.5) | 214 (3.8) | 108 (3.6) | 134 (3.3) | 50 (3.5) | 105 (3.5) |
p value | 0.181 | 0.004 | 0.266 | 0.538 | 0.999 | |||||
Dry eye symptom: Feels a foreign body in the eyes | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā |
āNever | 1251 (72.0) | 3103 (72.2) | 2361 (71.0) | 3641 (72.3) | 3441 (71.7) | 4116 (72.2) | 2247 (73.9) | 2909 (71.4) | 1061 (73.4) | 2245 (74.1) |
āSometimes | 452 (26.0) | 1124 (26.2) | 893 (26.9) | 1322 (26.2) | 1263 (26.3) | 1493 (26.2) | 739 (24.3) | 1116 (27.4) | 365 (25.2) | 741 (24.5) |
āAlways | 35 (2.0) | 70 (1.6) | 70 (2.1) | 76 (1.5) | 94 (2.0) | 93 (1.6) | 53 (1.7) | 50 (1.2) | 20 (1.4) | 44 (1.5) |
p value | 0.585 | 0.090 | 0.433 | 0.004 | 0.842 | |||||