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. 2016 Jul 15;17:17. doi: 10.1186/s12903-016-0248-2

Table 3.

Comparison of self-reported and clinically-examined numbers of teeth in subjects of a regular company medical checkup and J-MICC Study

Clinically-examined number of teeth Self-reported number of teeth ρ a p-value
min. – max. mean ± SD min. – max. mean ± SD
Subjects 1
Total (1315) 4 - 32 26.6 ± 4.2 2 - 32 25.2 ± 5.1 0.68 <0.01
Male (n)
 35 ~ 49 (204) 22 - 32 28.5 ± 1.8 10 - 32 27.1 ± 2.7 0.45 <0.01
 50 ~ 59 (231) 7 - 32 27.8 ± 2.5 8 - 32 26.6 ± 3.4 0.62 <0.01
 60 ~ 69 (249) 5 - 32 25.1 ± 5.6 5 - 32 23.0 ± 6.5 0.77 <0.01
 70 ~ 87 (125) 4 - 32 24.1 ± 5.7 3 - 32 21.8 ± 6.6 0.82 <0.01
 Total (809) 4 - 32 26.6 ± 4.5 3 - 32 24.9 ± 5.4 0.70 <0.01
Female (n)
 35 ~ 49 (168) 11 - 32 28.0 ± 2.2 14 - 32 27.3 ± 2.2 0.46 <0.01
 50 ~ 59 (161) 13 - 32 27.7 ± 2.2 10 - 32 26.8 ± 3.1 0.48 <0.01
 60 ~ 69 (133) 7 - 31 24.7 ± 4.3 5 - 32 23.7 ± 5.1 0.78 <0.01
 70 ~ 89 (44) 6 - 28 22.4 ± 6.3 2 - 28 21.5 ± 7.6 0.91 <0.01
 Total (506) 6 - 32 26.6 ± 3.9 2 - 32 25.7 ± 4.5 0.67 <0.01
Subjects 2
Total (186) 0 - 32 26.0 ± 4.8 0 - 32 24.3 ± 5.5 0.71 <0.01
Male (n)
 35 ~ 49 (20) 23 - 32 29.0 ± 2.1 20 - 32 27.4 ± 2.7 0.29 0.21
 50 ~ 59 (24) 19 - 32 26.7 ± 3.2 15 - 29 24.5 ± 4.0 0.67 <0.01
 60 ~ 69 (35) 4 - 29 23.8 ± 4.7 4 - 29 21.7 ± 5.0 0.64 <0.01
 70 ~ 87 (1) 30 30 28 28 - -
 Total (80) 4 - 32 26.1 ± 4.3 4 - 32 24.0 ± 4.7 0.73 <0.01
Female (n)
 35 ~ 49 (32) 15 - 32 27.6 ± 2.9 15 - 32 27.2 ± 2.9 0.57 <0.01
 50 ~ 59 (47) 14 - 32 26.5 ± 3.0 10 - 30 24.6 ± 4.6 0.57 <0.01
 60 ~ 69 (25) 0 - 30 23.0 ± 8.9 0 - 29 20.8 ± 9.1 0.71 <0.01
 70 ~ 89 (2) 20 - 23 21.5 ± 2.1 21 - 21 21.0 ± 0 - -
 Total (106) 0 - 32 25.9 ± 5.3 0 - 32 24.4 ± 6.0 0.70 <0.01

Subjects 1: Subjects of a regular company medical checkup

Subjects 2: Subjects of J-MCC Study

min minimum, max maximum, SD standard deviation

aSpearman’s rank correlation coefficient