Table 4 Frequency and percentage of oral health problems experienced during the previous 12 month in participants above 50 in the ardakan cohort study on aging (ACSA) (n = 4,970)
Variables | Total | Age | Sex | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | 50–64 | 65≤ | p-value | Female | Male | p-value | |
Biting difficulty | 2,397 (48.2%) | 1,378 (43.0%%) | 1,019 (57.8%) | < 0.001 | 1,352 (52.4%) | 1,045 (43.8%) | < 0.001 |
Difficulty chewing food | 2,219 (44.6%) | 1,399 (43.6%) | 820 (46.5%) | 0.265 | 1,296 (50.2%) | 923 (38.6%) | < 0.001 |
Speech/word pronouncing difficulties | 716 (14.4%) | 430 (13.4%) | 286 (16.2%) | 0.002 | 383 (14.8%) | 333 (14%) | 0.366 |
Felt embarrassed due to appearance of teeth | 767 (15.4%) | 584 (18.2%) | 183 (10.4%) | < 0.001 | 480 (18.6%) | 287 (12%) | < 0.001 |
Avoid smiling | 740 (14.1%) | 531 (16.6%) | 173 (9.8%) | < 0.001 | 463 (17.9%) | 241 (10.1%) | < 0.001 |
Decrease in social activities due to oral and dental conditions | 188 (3.8%) | 149 (4.6%) | 39 (2.2%) | < 0.001 | 95 (3.7%) | 93 (3.9%) | 0.695 |
Having at least one problem OIDP | 3,174 (63.8%) | 1,980 (61.8%) | 1,194 (67.7%) | < 0.001 | 1,774 (68.7%) | 1,400 (58.6%) | < 0.001 |