Table 1.

Descriptive and demographics of individuals stratified by untreated dental caries for individuals aged 30 years or above in the National Health and Nutrition and Examination Survey, 2015-2018 cycles

Independent Variable		Total(n)	No Dental caries(n)	%	At least one tooth with dental caries(n)	%	P Value
CRP	average	9077	7302	72.28	1775	60.45	<0.001
	elevated	3785	2582	27.72	1203	39.55
Age	30-34	853	585	11.34	268	13.02	<0.10
	35-49	2358	1633	31.44	725	34.32
	45-64	2579	1789	32.74	790	33.61
	65+	2076	1496	24.48	580	19.05
Gender	Males	6959	5264	47.50	1695	53.44	<0.001
	Females	7328	5799	52.50	1529	46.56
Race/ethnicity	non-hispanic     white	4473	3549	62.38	924	53.92	<0.001
	non-hispanic black	3219	2231	10.09	988	18.25
	Hispanic	4064	3142	17.02	922	19.26
	non-hispanic asian	1747	1502	6.02	245	3.93
	other races	784	639	4.50	145	4.65
Education level	High school	1929	1137	9.09	792	19.91	<0.001
	High school/GED	2117	1312	20.01	805	33.67
	some college or more	5464	4231	70.89	1233	46.42
Diabetes	No	12916	10157	92.70	2758	87.36	<0.001
	Yes	1364	899	7.30	465	12.64
Body mass index	Underweight	1877	1736	9.95	141	3.28	<0.001
	Normal	4267	3444	30.15	823	26.50
	Overweight	3648	2751	27.72	897	27.20
	Obese	4352	3029	32.17	1323	43.03
Smoking	No	2143	1535	66.28	608	43.08	<0.001
	Every or some day	1718	898	33.72	820	56.92
Coronary heart disease	No	9142	6429	96.8	2713	96.16	<0.61
	Yes	349	241	3.20	108	3.84
Gum disease	Yes	1580	937	16.38	643	30.21	<0.001
	No	6160	4502	82.87	1658	67.34
	I don't know	125	63	0.75	62	2.46