Table 2.

Prevalence of self-reported periodontal disease for selected covariates overall and among each racial/ethnic group in the MESA baseline examination: 2000–2002

Covariates	Overall %	Whites %	Blacks %	Hispanics %	Chinese %	P-value b
Self-Reported Periodontal Disease	27.3	26.0	32.0	17.4	39.8	<.0001 a
Age Categories (years)						<.0001
45 – 54	26.5	23.1	34.8	18.1	35.9
55 – 64	29.1	29.2	30.3	17.9	46.9
65 – 74	28.1	28.0	32.4	16.4	39.1
75 – 84	23.8	21.1	35.0	28.4	17.3
Gender						<.0001
Male	26.6	23.6	31.6	18.4	41.2
Female	28.0	28.2	32.4	16.5	38.5
Education Categories						<.0001
<HS diploma	16.4	15.4	20.3	10.9	31.4
HS diploma	25.4	23.5	28.0	16.2	46.3
Some College/ Tech school	30.2	28.4	31.0	27.5	43.8
College degree +	31.3	26.5	37.6	24.9	40.8
Income Categories						<.0001
≤$24,999	22.9	23.0	26.1	12.5	38.2
$25,000–49,999	28.2	28.4	32.9	20.7	33.3
$50,000–74,999	29.9	23.6	36.3	26.5	48.8
$75,000+	30.3	26.8	35.8	23.8	46.6
Health Insurance						<.0001
Yes	27.8	25.8	32.2	19.1	41.0
No	22.1	30.8	29.7	9.5	34.5
Smoking status						<.0001
Never	24.5	19.2	29.1	16.2	39.2
Former	30.5	31.4	34.9	19.1	40.5
Current	29.7	30.9	33.8	18.1	45.2
BMI Categories						<.0001
Non-obese (<30 kg/m2)	28.4	26.3	34.2	17.3	39.3
Obese (≥30 kg/m2)	25.2	25.0	29.5	17.7	50.0
Diabetes Status						<.0001
Non- diabetic	27.3	26.2	32.1	17.0	39.3
Diabetic	27.6	22.4	31.8	19.6	42.7
Chronic Burden						<.0001
0	25.6	21.4	32.5	15.5	37.1
1	26.9	27.6	28.4	16.2	45.7
2 or more	30.0	29.5	34.7	21.2	40.4
Perceived Discrimination						<.0001
0	25.6	24.5	30.4	13.4	39.9
1	28.1	27.2	29.9	23.4	40.2
2 or more	31.7	30.4	35.3	23.4	38.3

^aP value from Chi-square test of independence for self-reported periodontal disease and race/ethnicity

^bP value from Mantel-Haenzel Chi-square test of independence for self-reported periodontal disease and race/ethnicity, after controlling for each covariate separately

MESA- Multi Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis; HS- High School; BMI- Body Mass Index