Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics of the group A by prevalence of atherosclerosis.
| Variable a | N | Atherosclerosis |
p-value (χ2 test) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absence (n = 251) |
Prevalence (n = 217) |
|||
| Occlusal support | 0.002 | |||
| Complete | 265 | 155 (58%) | 110 (42%) | |
| Moderate | 79 | 46 (58%) | 33 (42%) | |
| Collapsed | 121 | 48 (40%) | 73 (60%) | |
| Periodontal condition | 0.006 | |||
| Healthy | 73 | 50 (68%) | 23 (32%) | |
| Moderate | 185 | 102 (55%) | 83 (45%) | |
| Severe | 206 | 97 (47%) | 109 (53%) | |
| Gender | <0.001 | |||
| Female | 251 | 169 (67%) | 82 (33%) | |
| Male | 217 | 82 (38%) | 135 (62%) | |
| Living region | 0.091 | |||
| Urban | 237 | 118 (50%) | 119 (50%) | |
| Country | 231 | 133 (58%) | 98 (42%) | |
| Self-rated financial status | 0.816 | |||
| Dissatisfied | 130 | 67 (52%) | 63 (48%) | |
| Moderate | 233 | 128 (55%) | 108 (45%) | |
| Satisfied | 102 | 54 (53%) | 48 (47%) | |
| Education level | 0.021 | |||
| ≤9 years | 110 | 51 (46%) | 59 (54%) | |
| 10–12 years | 235 | 141 (60%) | 94 (40%) | |
| ≥13 years | 121 | 58 (48%) | 63 (52%) | |
| Smoking | <0.001 | |||
| Never | 274 | 176 (64%) | 98 (36%) | |
| Past | 131 | 49 (37%) | 82 (63%) | |
| Current | 39 | 8 (21%) | 31 (79%) | |
| Alcohol exposure | <0.001 | |||
| No | 244 | 151 (62%) | 93 (38%) | |
| Yes | 203 | 86 (45%) | 117 (55%) | |
| Hypertension | 0.483 | |||
| No | 144 | 81 (56%) | 63 (44%) | |
| Yes | 323 | 169 (52%) | 154 (48%) | |
| Diabetes mellitus | <0.001 | |||
| No | 313 | 185 (59%) | 128 (41%) | |
| Yes | 71 | 24 (34%) | 47 (66%) | |
| Dyslipidemia | 0.315 | |||
| No | 168 | 85 (51%) | 83 (49%) | |
| Yes | 263 | 146 (56%) | 117 (44%) | |
| Hyperuricemia | 0.016 | |||
| No | 375 | 209 (56%) | 166 (44%) | |
| Yes | 37 | 13 (35%) | 24 (65%) | |
| Obesity | 0.417 | |||
| BMI<25 | 349 | 191 (55%) | 158 (45%) | |
| BMI≥25 | 119 | 60 (50%) | 59 (50%) | |
a: Data are shown with counts and column percentages, i.e., N (%).
BMI: Body mass index