Table 3. Demographic and clinical characteristics of the group B by prevalence of atherosclerosis.
| Variable a | N | Atherosclerosis |
p-value (χ2 test) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absence (n = 202) |
Prevalence (n = 169) |
|||
| Occlusal support | 0.051 | |||
| Complete | 223 | 129 (58%) | 94 (42%) | |
| Moderate | 56 | 33 (59%) | 23 (41%) | |
| Collapsed | 92 | 40 (43%) | 52 (57%) | |
| Periodontal condition | 0.053 | |||
| Healthy | 61 | 41 (67%) | 20 (33%) | |
| Moderate | 151 | 83 (55%) | 68 (45%) | |
| Severe | 159 | 78 (49%) | 81 (51%) | |
| Gender | <0.001 | |||
| Female | 201 | 138 (69%) | 63 (31%) | |
| Male | 170 | 64 (38%) | 106 (62%) | |
| Living region | 0.218 | |||
| Urban | 189 | 97 (51%) | 92 (49%) | |
| Country | 182 | 105 (58%) | 77 (42%) | |
| Self-rated financial status | 0.758 | |||
| Dissatisfied | 108 | 56 (52%) | 52 (48%) | |
| Moderate | 176 | 99 (56%) | 77 (44%) | |
| Satisfied | 86 | 46 (53%) | 40 (47%) | |
| Education level | 0.234 | |||
| ≤9 years | 86 | 43 (50%) | 43 (50%) | |
| 10–12 years | 193 | 113 (59%) | 80 (41%) | |
| ≥13 years | 91 | 45 (49%) | 46 (51%) | |
| Smoking | <0.001 | |||
| Never | 227 | 146 (64%) | 81 (36%) | |
| Past | 96 | 37 (39%) | 59 (61%) | |
| Current | 33 | 6 (18%) | 27 (82%) | |
| Alcohol exposure | <0.001 | |||
| No | 198 | 124 (63%) | 74 (37%) | |
| Yes | 162 | 69 (43%) | 93 (57%) | |
| Hypertension | 0.915 | |||
| No | 115 | 62 (54%) | 53 (46%) | |
| Yes | 255 | 139 (55%) | 116 (45%) | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 0.001 | |||
| No | 253 | 150 (59%) | 103 (41%) | |
| Yes | 46 | 15 (33%) | 31 (67%) | |
| Dyslipidemia | 0.399 | |||
| No | 139 | 71 (51%) | 68 (49%) | |
| Yes | 201 | 112 (56%) | 89 (44%) | |
| Hyperuricemia | 0.024 | |||
| No | 298 | 168 (56%) | 130 (44%) | |
| Yes | 29 | 10 (34%) | 19 (66%) | |
| Obesity | 0.186 | |||
| BMI<25 | 284 | 160 (56%) | 124 (44%) | |
| BMI≥25 | 87 | 42 (48%) | 45 (52%) | |
a: Data are shown with counts and column percentages, i.e., N (%)