Table 2. The association between number of natural teeth and oral health behavior in systemic diseases.
| n | Number of natural teeth |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤20 | 21–27 | 28 | P-value | |
| 3,475 | 7,342 | 7,053 | ||
| Cardiovascular disease (yes) | 8.3 (0.6) | 2.9 (0.2) | 0.8 (0.1) | <0.0001 |
| Stroke (yes) | 2.5 (0.3) | 0.8 (0.1) | 0.2 (0.1) | <0.0001 |
| Congenital heart defect (yes) | 6.0 (0.5) | 2.2 (0.2) | 0.6 (0.1) | <0.0001 |
| Diabetes mellitus (yes) | 20.8 (0.9) | 10 (0.5) | 3.9 (0.3) | <0.0001 |
| Hypertension (yes) | 56.0 (1.1) | 32.2 (0.7) | 15.5 (0.5) | <0.0001 |
| Hypercholesterolemia (yes) | 20.0 (1.0) | 14.7 (0.5) | 8.6 (0.4) | <0.0001 |
| Chronic kidney disease (Estimated glomerular filtration rate <60 mL/min/1.73 m) | 7.8 (0.6) | 1.8 (0.2) | 0.4 (0.1) | <0.0001 |
| Metabolic syndrome (yes) | 48.9 (1.2) | 30.1 (0.7) | 16.6 (0.6) | <0.0001 |
| Normal to extreme obese individuals | 32.9 (1.1) | 34.4 (0.7) | 29.7 (0.7) | <0.0001 |
Data are presented as percentages (standard error).
*P-values were obtained by chi-square test for categorical variables.