Table 2.
Association between demographic characteristics and dental status with BMI
| Variables | Satisfactory BMI n (%) |
Unsatisfactory BMI n (%) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||
| Male | 68 (43.3) | 117 (41.6) | 0.734 |
| Female | 89 (56.7) | 164 (58.4) | |
| Age Group | |||
| 50–59 | 56 (35.7) | 123 (43.8) | 0.010* |
| 60–69 | 43 (27.4) | 89 (31.6) | |
| 70–79 | 45 (28.6) | 62 (22.1) | |
| 80 & above | 13 (8.3) | 7 (2.5) | |
| Education level | |||
| No formal education | 16 (10.2) | 27 (9.6) | 0.407 |
| Primary & secondary | 129 (82.2) | 241 (85.8) | |
| Tertiary | 12 (7.6) | 13 (4.6) | |
| Medical condition | |||
| Yes | 80 (51.0) | 174 (61.9) | 0.026* |
| No | 77 (49.0) | 107 (38.1) | |
| Dental status | |||
| Dentate | 122 (78.2) | 228 (83.8) | 0.147 |
| Edentate | 34 (21.8) | 44 (16.2) | |
| GOHAI score | |||
| High perception | 56 (35.7) | 55 (19.6) | < 0.001* |
| Low perception | 101 (64.3) | 226 (80.4) | |
*Significant at p-level < 0.05