Table 2.
Dentition status (mean±SD) 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) | |||
| Teeth present |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Crude |
18.61(8.97) |
19.12(8.62) |
18.44(8.51) |
16.09(9.24) |
14.38(8.74) |
0.016 |
21.80(7.50) |
19.04(9.68) |
19.41(8.29) |
19.79(8.03) |
16.83(8.57) |
0.086 |
| Adjusted |
18.57(7.97) |
19.14(7.96) |
18.25(7.92) |
16.37(7.94) |
15.60(7.93) |
0.046 |
20.31(7.73) |
18.86(7.70) |
19.51(7.68) |
19.72(7.67) |
18.00(7.72) |
0.452 |
| Decayed teeth |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Crude |
1.14(2.58) |
0.69(1.40) |
1.05(2.14) |
1.09(1.96) |
0.75(2.29) |
0.735 |
1.44(2.97) |
1.32(2.62) |
1.29(2.48) |
1.29(2.43) |
1.00(1.41) |
0.567 |
| Adjusted |
1.23(1.92) |
0.58(1.91) |
1.07(1.90) |
1.05(1.91) |
0.83(1.90) |
0.750 |
1.55(2.35) |
1.52(2.34) |
1.26(2.33) |
1.27(2.33) |
0.90(2.34) |
0.306 |
| Filled teeth |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Crude |
9.53(6.05) |
11.63(6.80) |
11.40(6.19) |
10.03(6.72) |
9.58(6.26)) |
0.668 |
10.52(6.38) |
8.81(5.68) |
8.61(5.69) |
9.65(6.55) |
8.94(5.05) |
0.540 |
| Adjusted |
9.48(6.01) |
11.89(6.02) |
11.25(5.97) |
10.18(5.99) |
10.25(5.99) |
0.962 |
10.48(5.71) |
8.68(5.68) |
8.65(5.66) |
9.62(5.67) |
8.82(5.70) |
0.517 |
| n-FTUs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Crude |
4.94(4.50) |
5.00(4.50) |
4.54(4.23) |
3.75(4.04) |
2.58(3.18) |
0.009 |
6.52(4.62) |
5.68(4.64) |
5.30(4.49) |
5.21(4.39) |
3.72(4.55) |
0.035 |
| Adjusted | 4.94(3.88) | 4.93(3.87) | 4.47(3.85) | 3.90(3.86) | 3.10(3.86) | 0.026 | 5.76(4.21) | 5.61(4.19) | 5.33(4.18) | 5.22(4.18) | 4.39(4.20) | 0.249 |
Adjusted for age, education level, sweet drinks, sweet snacks, presence of family dentist, smoking status, and oral hygiene status.