TABLE 1.
Summary statistics for the covariates of interest for all subjects
| Characteristic | N = 119 a |
|---|---|
| Age at first visit | 30.8 (12.0) |
| Gender | |
| Female | 39 (33%) |
| Male | 79 (67%) |
| Unknown | 1 |
| Insurance | |
| Medicaid | 69 (58%) |
| Private insurance | 36 (31%) |
| Self‐pay | 13 (11%) |
| Unknown | 1 |
| BMI | 42.8 (24.7) |
| Unknown | 14 |
| Diabetes | 18 (16%) |
| Unknown | 4 |
| Heart disease | 39 (34%) |
| Unknown | 3 |
| Tobacco use | 19 (16%) |
| Alcohol use | 23 (19%) |
| Unknown | 1 |
| Recreational drugs use | 8 (6.8%) |
| Unknown | 1 |
| Patients reporting a mental health condition | 96 (86%) |
| Unknown | 7 |
| Reported dry mouth | 28 (32%) |
| Unknown | 32 |
| Number of medications | 7.2 (5.5) |
| Preventive dental visits | 7.9 (10.6) |
| Patients with consistent preventive dental visits | |
| Consistent | 42 (35%) |
| Not consistent | 43 (36%) |
| Undetermined | 34 (29%) |
a
Statistics presented: Mean (SD); n (%).