Table 3.

Bivariate Association Between Patient Characteristics and Better Perceived Oral Health (Based on GOHAI Score^***)

			Mean GOHAI score
Demographic characteristics	Race**	White	47.4
		Non-White	43.0
	Age*	Age over 85	46.2
		<=85	43.0
	Gender	Female	43.7
		Male	46.8
	Medicaid	Has Medicaid	43.5
		no Medicaid	45.5
	Education	>HS education	44.4
		<HS education	43.0
Clinical characteristics	Cancer *	yes	47.2
		no	43.5
	CHF	yes	44.8
		no	44.1
	COPD	yes	42.2
		no	45.4
	CVD	yes	44.1
		no	44.4
	Dementia	yes	46.4
		no	43.7
	Diabetes	yes	42.8
		no	45.7
	Hemiplegia	yes	42.2
		no	44.6
	Liver disease	yes	42.0
		no	44.4
	MI	yes	44.2
		no	44.4
	Comorbidity index	Charlson>=4	44.1
		Charlson <4	44.5
Dental characteristics	Dentate	Yes	44.4
		No	44.2
	Has any dentures	Yes	45.0
		No	43.7

GOHAI= Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (range 12–60 with 60 being maximum score)

^*p<.10

^**p<.05

^***mean GOHAI score for population = 44.12