Table 4.
Association between medical conditions and dental health parameters
|
Medical condition |
Dental pain (%) |
Active caries (%) |
Mean no. of caries ± SD |
P (pain) |
P (caries presence) |
P (mean caries) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Diabetes mellitus |
61.5 |
78.5 |
1.92 ± 2.3 |
0.183 |
0.003 * |
< 0.001 * |
|
Hypertension |
67.4 |
65.3 |
1.41 ± 2.0 |
0.024 * |
0.271 |
0.213 |
|
Hypothyroidism |
59.8 |
71.6 |
1.58 ± 2.2 |
0.612 |
0.182 |
0.092 |
|
Asthma |
56.3 |
64.1 |
1.28 ± 1.9 |
0.812 |
0.312 |
0.375 |
|
Rheumatoid arthritis |
62.5 |
68.8 |
1.47 ± 2.1 |
0.928 |
0.531 |
0.522 |
|
Cardiac disease |
64.7 |
63.2 |
1.25 ± 1.8 |
0.884 |
0.451 |
0.612 |