Table 3.
Analysis of association/correlation between dental caries experience, sociodemographic characteristics, diabetes, hypertension, smoking, alcohol consumption, duration of nephropathy, sialometry, and serum urea level.
| Variables |
Decayed teeth |
Missing teeth |
Filled teeth |
DMFT |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | ||
| Gender | Female | 1.23 (2.39) | 20.95 (11.14) | 1.73 (3.74) | 23.77 (8.16) |
| Male | 2.43 (2.74) | 12.22 (11.42) | 0.74 (1.36) | 15.39 (10.38) | |
| p-value(a) | 0.062 | 0.017* | 0.588 | 0.007* | |
| Diabetes | Yes | 1.79 (2.36) | 20.79 (11.00) | 0.57 (1.16) | 23.14 (9.05) |
| No | 1.87 (2.77) | 14.55 (12.09) | 1.52 (3.26) | 17.84 (10.36) | |
| p-value(a) | 0.883 | 0.110 | 0.306 | 0.107 | |
| Hypertension | Yes | 2.45 (2.91) | 14.35 (11.73) | 0.68 (1.33) | 17.48 (9.99) |
| No | 0.50 (0.94) | 21.21 (11.62) | 2.43 (4.50) | 23.93 (9.46) | |
| p-value(a) | 0.034* | 0.061 | 0.121 | 0.052 | |
| Drink or have drank alcohol | Yes | 2.83 (3.19) | 17.83 (12.24) | 0.50 (1.22) | 21.17 (9.47) |
| No | 1.69 (2.54) | 16.28 (12.11) | 1.33 (2.97) | 19.23 (10.37) | |
| p-value(a) | 0.284 | 0.649 | 0.414 | 0.710 | |
| Smoker or ex-smoker | Yes | 1.44 (2.50) | 24.72 (9.78) | 0.39 (0.92) | 26.56 (7.61) |
| No | 2.11 (2.71) | 11.00 (10.15) | 1.78 (3.46) | 14.78 (8.93) | |
| p-value(a) | 0,226 | < 0.001* | 0.058 | <0.001* | |
| Age | Spearman's rho coefficient | −0,465 | 0.812 | −0.375 | 0.757 |
| p-value(b) | 0.001* | < 0.001* | 0.011* | < 0.001* | |
| Nephropathy time (years) | Spearman's rho coefficient | −0.140 | −0.019 | 0.067 | −0.015 |
| p-value(b) | 0.359 | 0.901 | 0.660 | 0.921 | |
| Sialometry (mL/min) | Spearman's rho coefficient | −0.259 | 0.084 | 0.103 | 0.019 |
| p-value(b) | 0.086 | 0.583 | 0.500 | 0.903 | |
| Urea (mg/dL) | Spearman's rho coefficient | 0.227 | −0.327 | 0.153 | −0.289 |
| p-value(b) | 0.134 | 0.028* | 0.315 | 0.054 | |
M: mean; SD: standard deviation; ex-smoker: person who no longer smokes.