Table 1.
Selected characteristics of study participants by oral health status.
| All participants | Oral health status | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No periodontal disease | Periodontal disease | Edentulous | |||
| n = 291 | n = 99 | n = 84 | n = 108 | P † | |
| Demographic and socioeconomic status | |||||
| Age, mean (SD) | 80.9 (4.5) | 79.4 (4.2)a | 80.4 (4.0)a | 82.6 (4.6)b | <0.01 |
| Gender, n (%) | |||||
| Men | 101 (34.7) | 32 (32.3) | 36 (42.9) | 33 (30.6) | 0.17 |
| Women | 190 (65.3) | 67 (67.7) | 48 (57.1) | 75 (69.4) | |
| Years of education, mean (SD) | 8.9 (1.8) | 9.3 (2.0)a | 8.5 (1.7)b | 8.9 (1.6) | 0.01 |
| Health status and health behavior | |||||
| BMI (kg/m2) , mean (SD) | 22.7 ± 3.3 | 23.2 (3.0)a | 22.8 (3.6) | 22.0 (3.2)b | 0.03 |
| Smoking status, n (%) | |||||
| Never smoked | 210 (72.2) | 75 (75.8) | 60 (71.4) | 75 (69.4) | 0.59 |
| Previous/current smoker | 81 (27.8) | 24 (24.2) | 24 (28.6) | 33 (30.6) | |
| Drinking behavior, n (%) | |||||
| Drink alcohol everyday | 29 (10.0) | 13 (13.1) | 8 (9.5) | 8 (7.4) | 0.38 |
| History of CVD, n (%) | 60 (20.6) | 21 (21.2) | 16 (19.1) | 23 (21.3) | 0.92 |
Values in a row without a common superscript letter significantly differ as detected by multiple comparison tests (Bonferroni's method).
Bold text highlights statistically significant findings (P < 0.05); SD – standard deviation; BMI – body mass index; CVD – cardiovascular disease.
†
P value for the comparison of selected characteristics among different study groups.