Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics (n [%]) of the study population.
| Variable | C | D | H | O | Post/M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years)* | |||||
| 20–30 | 4 (%14.3) | 2 (%2.7) | 7 (%7.1) | 6 (%5) | 0 (%0) |
| 30–40 | 14 (%50) | 9 (%12) | 17 (%17.2) | 23 (%19.3) | 0 (%0) |
| 40–50 | 6 (%21.4) | 18 (%24) | 32 (%32.3) | 36 (%30.3) | 7 (%18.9) |
| 50–60 | 4 (%14.3) | 29 (%38.7) | 28 (%28.3) | 34 (%28.6) | 18 (%48.6) |
| 60–70 | 0 (%0) | 15 (%20) | 13 (%13.1) | 16 (%13.4) | 10 (%27) |
| >70 | 0 (%0) | 2 (%2.7) | 2 (%2) | 4 (%3.4) | 2 (%5.4) |
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| Sex* | |||||
| Male | 19 (%67.9) | 33 (%44) | 40 (%40.4) | 39 (%32.8) | 37 (%100) |
| Female | 9 (%32.1) | 42 (%56) | 59 (%59.6) | 80 (%67.2) | |
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| BMI (kg/m2)* | |||||
| <25 | 28 (%100) | 15 (%20) | 21 (%21.2) | 0 (%0) | 7 (%18.9) |
| 25–30 | 0 (%0) | 21 (%28) | 28 (%28.3) | 50 (%42) | 11 (%29.7) |
| >30 | 0 (%0) | 39 (%52) | 50 (%50.5) | 69 (%58) | 19 (%51.4) |
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| Abdominal obesity* | |||||
| No | 26 (%92.9) | 10 (%13.3) | 14 (%14.1) | 8 (%6.7) | 1 (%2.7) |
| Yes | 2 (7.1) | 65 (%86.7) | 85 (%85.9) | 111 (%93.3) | 36 (%97.3) |
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| Education* | |||||
| Primary school | 5 (%17.9) | 43 (%57.3) | 53 (%53.5) | 64 (%53.8) | 26 (%70.3) |
| High school | 2 (%7.1) | 20 (%26.7) | 31 (%31.3) | 40 (%33.6) | 7 (%18.9) |
| University | 21 (%75) | 12 (%16) | 15 (%15.2) | 15 (%12.6) | 4 (%10.8) |
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| Osteoporosis* | |||||
| No | 28 (100%) | 66 (88%) | 89 (89.9%) | 103 (86.6%) | 24 (64.9) |
| Yes | 0 (0%) | 9 (12%) | 10 (10.1%) | 16 (13.4%) | 13 (35.1) |
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| Smoking | |||||
| None | 23 (%82.1) | 46 (%61.3) | 60 (%60.6) | 77 (%64.7) | 30 (%81.1) |
| Former | 0 (%0) | 15 (%20) | 16 (%16.2) | 20 (%16.8) | 3 (%8.1) |
| <10 cigarettes/day | 5 (%17.9) | 5 (%6.7) | 10 (%10.1) | 9 (%7.6) | 2 (%5.4) |
| >10 cigarettes/day | 0 (%0) | 9 (%12) | 13 (%13.1) | 13 (%10.9) | 2 (%5.4) |
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| Tooth brushing | |||||
| 2–3 times/day | 4 (%14.3) | 7 (%9.3) | 11 (%11.1) | 11 (%9.2) | 6 (%16.2) |
| 1 time/day | 3 (%10.7) | 22 (%29.3) | 24 (%24.2) | 35 (%29.4) | 10 (%27) |
| Less 1 time/day | 21 (%75) | 46 (%61.3) | 64 (%64.6) | 73 (%61.3) | 21 (%21) |
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| Flossing | |||||
| No | 24 (%85.7) | 40 (%53.3) | 61 (%61.6) | 75 (%63) | 23 (%62.2) |
| Yes | 4 (%14.3) | 35 (%46.7) | 38 (%38.4) | 44 (%37) | 14 (%37.8) |
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| Periodontal diagnosis* | |||||
| Periodontitis | 13 (%46.4) | 40 (%53.3) | 59 (%59.6) | 67 (%56.3) | 37 (%100) |
| Non Periodontitis | 15 (%53.6) | 35 (%46.7) | 40 (%40.4) | 52 (%43.7) | 0 (%0) |
*
Statistically significant difference among the groups (P=0.000).