Table 2.
Weighted sociodemographic characteristics by flossing, US dentate adults aged 30 years and older with diabetes, NHANES 2011–2014 (N = 892d)
| Characteristics | Total, N (weighteda %) | Practiced Flossing, n (weighteda %) |
P- valueb | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | |||
| All | 892 (100) | 310 (30.5%) | 582 (69.5) | NA |
| Age | ||||
| Mean (SE), in years | 60.0 (0.4) | 61.2 (0.7) | 59.4 (0.7) | < .05c |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 456 (51.2) | 168(54.1) | 288 (49.9) | 0.189 |
| Female | 436 (48.8) | 142(45.9) | 294 (50.1) | |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 278 (59.4) | 87 (55.1) | 191(61.3) | 0.495 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 269 (15.4) | 95 (16.7) | 174 (14.8) | |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 100 (5.5) | 38 (6.8) | 62 (5.0) | |
| Hispanic | 245 (19.7) | 90 (21.4) | 155 (18.9) | |
| Education | ||||
| < High school diploma | 267 (20.8) | 133 (30.8) | 134 (16.4) | < .001 |
| High school graduate/GED or equivalent | 206 (25.1) | 69 (25.8) | 137 (24.8) | |
| Attend college or AA | 248 (32.0) | 78 (30.1) | 170 (32.8) | |
| College graduate or above | 169 (22.1) | 29 (13.3) | 140 (26.0) | |
| Annual income, $ | ||||
| < 20,000 | 234 (20.5) | 105 (26.6) | 129 (17.8) | < .001 |
| 20,000–74,999 | 462 (55.7) | 157 (53.5) | 305 (56.7) | |
| 75,000–99,999 | 61 (9.3) | 11(6.9) | 50 (10.3) | |
| ≥ 100,000 | 92 (14.5) | 23 (13.0) | 69 (15.2) | |
| Health insurance | ||||
| Yes | 752 (87.3) | 253 (85.0) | 499 (88.3) | 0.107 |
| No | 140 (12.7) | 57 (15.0) | 83 (11.7) | |
| Smoking Status | ||||
| Never smoke | 478(51.6) | 159 (51.6) | 319 (51.6) | 0.359 |
| Ex-smoker | 292 (34.8) | 102 (31.5) | 190 (36.2) | |
| Current smoker | 122 (13.6) | 49 (16.9) | 73 (12.2) | |
| Weight Status | ||||
| Under/Normal Weight | 124 (12.0) | 50 (15.7) | 74 (10.4) | 0.322 |
| Overweight | 266 (27.3) | 88 (23.1) | 178 (29.20 | |
| Obese | 491 (60.7) | 165 (61.2) | 326 (60.5) | |
Abbreviations: AA Associate of Arts degree, GED General educational development, NA Not applicable
aSampling weights were applied to generate US population estimates; groups were compared using the 2 test based on unweighted data
bP values calculated by Pearson 2 test
cP values calculated by ANOVA test
dMost categories has no missing data, the categories have missing data are education [n = 2], weight status [n = 11], and income [n = 43]