Table 2.
Characteristics by Recent Health Care Utilization Pattern: NHANES 2013 to 2016 (N = 10,472).
| Health Visit, No Dental Visit | Dental Visit, No Health Visit | Both Health and Dental Care in Past 12 mo | No Health or Dental Care in Past 12 mo | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unweighted, n | Prevalence(95% CI) | Unweighted, n | Prevalence(95% CI) | Unweighted, n | Prevalence(95% CI) | Unweighted, n | Prevalence(95% CI) | P Value | |
| Total population | 3,713 | 31.1(28.9 to 33.4) | 469 | 4.6(4.2 to 5.1) | 5,211 | 55.4(52.7 to 58.0) | 1,052 | 8.9(8.1 to 9.7) | |
| Sex | <0.0001 | ||||||||
| Male | 1,794 | 47.1(45.0 to 49.1) | 302 | 68.9(64.3 to 73.5) | 2,247 | 44.4(42.5 to 46.2) | 714 | 71.0(67.4 to 74.7) | |
| Female | 1,919 | 52.9(50.9 to 55.0) | 167 | 31.1(26.5 to 35.7) | 2,964 | 55.7(53.8 to 57.5) | 338 | 29.0(25.3 to 32.6) | |
| Age group, y | <0.0001 | ||||||||
| 20 to 44 | 1,476 | 45.8(42.9 to 48.7) | 306 | 65.9(60.1 to 71.6) | 1,941 | 37.8(35.2 to 40.3) | 647 | 65.4(62.3 to 68.5) | |
| 45 to 64 | 1,289 | 35.0(32.8 to 37.1) | 147 | 32.4(26.1 to 38.6) | 2,010 | 40.8(38.6 to 43.0) | 346 | 30.6(27.6 to 33.6) | |
| ≥65 | 948 | 19.2(17.0 to 21.5) | 16 | 1.8(0.7 to 2.9) | 1,260 | 21.4(19.5 to 23.3) | 59 | 4.0(2.5 to 5.6) | |
| Race/ethnicity | <0.0001 | ||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 1,374 | 60.6(54.8 to 66.5) | 152 | 60.0(51.9 to 68.1) | 2,203 | 71.6(67.0 to 76.3) | 294 | 47.9(41.0 to 54.9) | |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 867 | 13.9(10.2 to 17.5) | 69 | 8.4(5.2 to 11.6) | 993 | 9.4(7.1 to 11.6) | 178 | 11.2(8.5 to 13.9) | |
| Hispanic | 1,030 | 17.2(12.9 to 21.5) | 134 | 19.0(13.8 to 24.2) | 1,177 | 10.5(7.6 to 13.4) | 431 | 32.1(25.4 to 38.8) | |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 326 | 4.8(3.7 to 5.9) | 102 | 10.2(7.6 to 12.9) | 661 | 5.4(3.7 to 7.2) | 118 | 5.9(3.8 to 8.0) | |
| Other race/ethnicity | 116 | 3.5(2.3 to 4.7) | 12 | 2.4(0.7 to 4.1) | 177 | 3.1(2.4 to 3.8) | 31 | 2.8(1.9 to 3.8) | |
| Body mass index | <0.0001 | ||||||||
| Normal weight | 902 | 24.3(22.1 to 26.5) | 163 | 35.0(27.3 to 42.7) | 1,430 | 28.7(26.7 to 30.6) | 296 | 28.4(24.5 to 32.2) | |
| Overweight | 1,097 | 28.9(27.3 to 30.7) | 157 | 35.1(28.4 to 41.9) | 1,717 | 34.7(32.2 to 36.3) | 357 | 34.2(30.0 to 38.5) | |
| Obese | 1,600 | 46.8(44.2 to 49.3) | 140 | 29.8(24.0 to 35.7) | 1,938 | 36.6(34.4 to 38.8) | 380 | 37.4(33.5 to 41.3) | |
| Physical activity | <0.0001 | ||||||||
| Met CDC guidelines | 579 | 17.8(15.9 to 19.7) | 109 | 26.6(22.5 to 30.7) | 998 | 23.7(21.2 to 26.3) | 204 | 22.5(19.1 to 25.8) | |
| Did not meet CDC guidelines | 3,134 | 82.2(80.3 to 84.1) | 360 | 73.4(69.3 to 77.5) | 4,213 | 76.3(73.7 to 78.9) | 848 | 77.5(74.2 to 80.9) | |
| Health insurance or health care plan | <0.0001 | ||||||||
| Yes | 2,876 | 79.4(77.3 to 81.5) | 324 | 75.6(71.6 to 79.6) | 4,750 | 93.4(92.0 to 94.7) | 464 | 50.4(44.7 to 56.2) | |
| No | 831 | 20.6(18.5 to 22.7) | 145 | 24.4(20.4 to 28.4) | 455 | 6.6(5.3 to 8.0) | 595 | 49.6(43.9 to 55.4) | |
| CDC prediabetes screen score | <0.0001 | ||||||||
| <9 | 1,414 | 43.3(40.4 to 46.2) | 296 | 68.7(62.6 to 74.8) | 2,048 | 42.2(40.1 to 44.3) | 595 | 61.0(58.1 to 63.9) | |
| ≥9 | 2,299 | 56.7(53.8 to 59.6) | 173 | 31.3(25.2 to 37.4) | 3,163 | 57.8(55.7 to 59.9) | 457 | 39.0(36.1 to 41.9) | |
| Undiagnosed | |||||||||
| Prediabetes | 754 | 19.3(17.5 to 21.1) | 92 | 14.5(10.9 to 18.1) | 999 | 17.1(16.0 to 18.3) | 237 | 20.3(17.3 to 23.2) | 0.009 |
| Potential diabetes | 88 | 2.1(1.5 to 2.6) | 12 | 1.3(0.6 to 2.0) | 98 | 1.3(0.9 to 1.8) | 41 | 3.0(1.9 to 4.0) | 0.0005 |
CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.