Table 2.
Parameters/Groups | HC (n = 1438) | HR (n = 3392) | CKD (n = 5627) | pb |
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Amalgam filling (AF) | ||||
OPD visits/person (mean ± SD) | 0.31 ± 0.27 | 0.32 ± 0.63 | 0.31 ± 0.29 | 0.257 |
OPD expenditures/persona (NT$, mean) | 3485 | 3574 | 3279 | 0.0474 |
Composite resin filling, anterior teeth (CRFA) | ||||
OPD visits/person (mean ± SD) | 0.38 ± 0.36 | 0.4 ± 0.36 | 0.39 ± 0.36 | 0.364 |
OPD expenditures/persona (NT$, mean) | 5394 | 5508 | 5218 | 0.229 |
Composite resin filling, posterior teeth (CRFP) | ||||
OPD visits/person (mean ± SD) | 0.61 ± 0.53 | 0.56 ± 0.51 | 0.5 ± 0.46 | <0.0001 |
OPD expenditures/persona (NT$, mean) | 9584 | 8378 | 7347 | <0.0001 |
Note: The eligible subjects were recruited patient from 2008 to 2010. N = 10,457.
Abbreviations: CKD, chronic kidney disease; HC, healthy control; HR, high risk NT$, New Taiwan dollar; OPD, outpatient.
All outpatient expenditures (NT$) were rounded to the nearest whole dollar amount.
Chi-square test. p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.