Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics of SHOW study disease-free adults from the cardiovascular disease risk analytical sample, stratified by oral hygiene category (N=712).
| Oral hygiene category | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Excellent (n = 124) |
Good (n = 297) |
Fair (n = 232) |
Poor (n = 59) |
| Age (years) | ||||
| 30–38 | 9 (7%) | 55 (19%) | 46 (20%) | 12 (20%) |
| 39–47 | 16 (13%) | 65 (22%) | 66 (28%) | 16 (27%) |
| 48–56 | 40 (32%) | 95 (32%) | 65 (28%) | 11 (19%) |
| 57–65 | 32 (26%) | 57 (19%) | 34 (15%) | 9 (15%) |
| 66–74 | 27 (22%) | 25 (8%) | 21 (9%) | 11 (19%) |
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 85 (69%) | 201 (68%) | 96 (41%) | 24 (41%) |
| Male | 39 (31%) | 96 (32%) | 136 (59%) | 35 (59%) |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 111 (90%) | 282 (95%) | 213 (92%) | 54 (92%) |
| Hispanic | 4 (3%) | 5 (2%) | 4 (2%) | 1 (2%) |
| Other | 9 (7%) | 10 (3%) | 15 (6%) | 4 (7%) |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married or living with partner | 95 (77%) | 235 (79%) | 189 (81%) | 42 (71%) |
| Not married or living with partner | 29 (23%) | 62 (21%) | 43 (19%) | 17 (29%) |
| Education | ||||
| Bachelors degree or higher | 71 (57%) | 124 (42%) | 85 (37%) | 8 (14%) |
| Associate degree or some college | 40 (32%) | 108 (36%) | 93 (40%) | 30 (51%) |
| High school or less | 13 (10%) | 65 (22%) | 54 (23%) | 21 (36%) |
| Employment | ||||
| Not employed | 22 (18%) | 48 (16%) | 38 (16%) | 17 (29%) |
| Retired | 25 (20%) | 32 (11%) | 17 (7%) | 8 (14%) |
| Employed | 77 (62%) | 217 (73%) | 177 (76%) | 34 (58%) |
| Dental care coverage | ||||
| Covered | 84 (68%) | 218 (73%) | 182 (78%) | 39 (66%) |
| Not covered | 40 (32%) | 79 (27%) | 50 (22%) | 20 (34%) |
| Dental check in last year | ||||
| Yes | 119 (96%) | 260 (88%) | 176 (76%) | 32 (54%) |
| No | 5 (4%) | 37 (12%) | 56 (24%) | 27 (46%) |
| Smoking | ||||
| Current | 7 (6%) | 34 (11%) | 40 (17%) | 17 (29%) |
| Former | 43 (35%) | 84 (28%) | 61 (26%) | 17 (29%) |
| Never | 74 (60%) | 179 (60%) | 131 (56%) | 25 (42%) |
| Toothbrushing | ||||
| ≥2 times per day | 124 (100%) | 230 (77%) | 85 (37%) | 0 (0%) |
| 1 time per day | 0 (0%) | 67 (23%) | 123 (53%) | 19 (32%) |
| <1 time per day | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 24 (10%) | 40 (68%) |
| Flossing | ||||
| Daily | 124 (100%) | 32 (11%) | 5 (2%) | 0 (0%) |
| Most days | 0 (0%) | 148 (50%) | 11 (5%) | 0 (0%) |
| Some days | 0 (0%) | 117 (39%) | 70 (30%) | 25 (42%) |
| Rarely | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 121 (52%) | 15 (25%) |
| Never | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 25 (11%) | 19 (32%) |
| Saturated fat intake (grams per day) | 15.3 ±7.1 | 17.7 ±8.4 | 21.7 ±11.7 | 22.6 ±12.0 |
| Sedentary behavior (hours per day) | 2.6 ±1.7 | 2.7 ±1.9 | 2.9 ±2.0 | 3.9 ±2.0 |
All values are reported as mean ±standard deviation or frequency (% of column total).
SHOW = Survey of the Health of Wisconsin