Table 1.
Socio-demographics, health behaviors and oral hygiene among the study subjects according to gender and parity or number of children
| |
Female |
|
Male |
P for trend | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Parity |
P for trend |
Number of children |
|||||||||
|
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
≧4 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
≧4 |
|||
| (n=36) | (n=68) | (n=371) | (n=150) | (n=24) | (n=25) | (n=53) | (n=336) | (n=130) | (n=18) | |||
| Age, mean(SD) |
64.0(5.21) |
65.4(6.01) |
66.0(5.72) |
65.1(5.84) |
66.4(4.83) |
0.204 |
65.5(6.47) |
65.7(5.74) |
65.0(5.70) |
65.7(5.87) |
67.2(5.18) |
0.280 |
| Education, n(%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Low |
11(30.6) |
22(32.4) |
132(35.6) |
53(35.3) |
13(54.2) |
0.074 |
9(36.0) |
16(30.2) |
103(30.7) |
36(27.2) |
7(38.9) |
0.939 |
| Middle |
18(50.0) |
32(47.1) |
183(49.3) |
78(52.0) |
8(33.3) |
|
10(40.0) |
31(58.5) |
160(47.6) |
78(60.0) |
5(27.8) |
|
| High |
7(19.4) |
14(20.6) |
56(15.1) |
19(12.7) |
3(12.5) |
|
6(24.0) |
6(11.3) |
73(21.7) |
16(12.3) |
6(33.3) |
|
| Sweet snacks, n(%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Rarely |
2(5.6) |
4(5.9) |
23(6.2) |
10(6.7) |
3(12.5) |
0.315 |
9(36.0) |
13(24.5) |
59(17.6) |
22(16.9) |
1(5.6) |
0.095 |
| Sometimes |
21(58.3) |
42(61.8) |
199(53.6) |
67(44.7) |
13(54.2) |
|
13(52.0) |
31(58.5) |
211(62.8) |
85(65.4) |
15(83.3) |
|
| Everyday |
13(36.1) |
22(32.4) |
149(40.2) |
73(48.7) |
8(33.3) |
|
3(12.0) |
9(17.0) |
66(19.6) |
23(17.7) |
2(11.1) |
|
| Sweet drinks, n(%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Rarely |
19(52.8) |
30(44.1) |
177(47.7) |
70(46.7) |
12(50.0) |
0.543 |
9(36.0) |
18(34.0) |
103(30.7) |
45(34.6) |
6(33.3) |
0.971 |
| Sometimes |
10(27.8) |
18(26.5) |
127(34.2) |
57(38.0) |
7(29.2) |
|
12(48.0) |
24(45.3) |
155(46.1) |
58(44.6) |
9(50.0) |
|
| Everyday |
7(19.4) |
20(29.4) |
67(18.1) |
23(15.3) |
5(20.8) |
|
4(16.0) |
11(20.8) |
78(23.2) |
27(20.8) |
3(16.7) |
|
| Family dentist, n(%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
33(91.7) |
56(82.4) |
340(91.6) |
136(90.7) |
22(91.7) |
0.382 |
20(80.0) |
49(92.5) |
284(84.5) |
113(86.9) |
18(100.0) |
0.394 |
| No |
3(8.3) |
12(17.6) |
31(8.4) |
14(9.3) |
2(8.3) |
|
5(20.0) |
4(7.5) |
52(15.5) |
17(13.1) |
0(0.0) |
|
| Smoking, n(%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Non-smoker |
33(91.7) |
66(97.1) |
361(97.3) |
148(98.7) |
24(100.0) |
0.015 |
9(36.0) |
22(41.5) |
120(35.7) |
47(36.2) |
6(33.3) |
0.385 |
| Past smoker |
0(0.0) |
2(2.9) |
6(1.6) |
1(0.7) |
0(0.0) |
|
13(52.0) |
18(34.0) |
134(39.9) |
52(40.0) |
6(33.3) |
|
| Current smoker |
3(8.3) |
0(0.0) |
4(1.1) |
1(0.7) |
0(0.0) |
|
3(12.0) |
13(24.5) |
82(24.4) |
31(23.8) |
6(33.3) |
|
| Oral hygiene, n(%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Good |
8(22.2) |
11(16.2) |
62(16.7) |
18(12.0) |
3(12.5) |
0.102 |
7(28.0) |
7(13.2) |
36(10.7) |
17(13.1) |
1(5.6) |
0.004 |
| Fair |
23(63.9) |
47(69.1) |
248(66.9) |
102(68.0) |
17(70.8) |
|
14(56.0) |
38(71.7) |
217(64.6) |
76(58.5) |
8(44.4) |
|
| Poor | 5(13.9) | 10(14.7) | 61(16.4) | 30(20.0) | 4(16.7) | 4(16.0) | 8(15.1) | 83(24.7) | 37(28.5) | 9(50.0) | ||