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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Dent Assoc. 2014 Aug;145(8):805–816. doi: 10.14219/jada.2014.31

Table 1.

Prevalence of Probing Depth (PD) Severities by Age and Sex According to Hispanic/Latino Background: HCHS/SOL 2008–2011

ALL Cuban Dominican Mexican Puerto Rican Central American South American >1/Other

PD ≥4mm Age Sex % SE % SE % SE % SE % SE % SE % SE % SE Pvalue
18–44 Male 66 1.4 65.2 2.7 43.1 4.3 73.2 2.4 59.1 3.6 74.7 2.7 64.1 4.7 54.4 6.3 <0.0001
Female 57.4 1.2 60.9 3.0 36.4 4.1 64.1 1.9 47.5 3.2 63.9 2.9 55.8 4.7 51.1 6.1 <0.0001
45–54 Male 78.6 1.4 72.6 2.9 61.4 5.2 88.6 1.7 82.1 3.1 74.5 5.4 65.1 5.8 69.9* 9.4 <0.0001
Female 66.4 1.4 67.2 3.4 48.5 4.7 74.9 1.9 67.4 3.8 64 3.8 56.0 4.3 48.5* 17.1 0.002
55–64 Male 73.4 1.6 68.3 3.1 68.9 5.7 84.6 2.7 61.5 4.4 70.8 5.0 82.9 4.9 72.9* 11.0 <0.0001
Female 63.4 1.9 61.4 3.0 50.4 6.1 70.1 3.3 58.8 4.9 67.5 4.2 56.5 5.7 68.8* 11.0 0.02
65–74 Male 64.9 3.4 47.5* 6.0 45.8* 9.5 94 1.7 64.9* 6.6 81.3* 10.3 77.5* 10.3 68.9* 20.9 <0.0001
Female 53.9 3.6 51.6* 6.9 45.7* 9.5 69.5 5.5 33.8* 6.8 75.3* 9.5 54.7* 10.8 66.7* 16.5 0.002

PD ≥5mm 18–44 Male 34.5 1.3 30.9 2.7 16.9* 2.9 42.8 2.3 27.6 2.9 39.5 3.1 28.2 3.9 25.2* 4.8 <0.0001
Female 24.8 1.1 24.3 2.4 12.3* 2.3 29.3 1.7 22.0 3.1 27.6 2.8 23.1 4.0 19.1* 4.8 <0.001
45–54 Male 53.2 1.8 41.6 3.8 44.3* 5.9 65.7 3.1 59.4 4.2 38.3 6.0 37.9 5.6 48.6* 9.7 <0.0001
Female 37.4 1.5 33.4 3.3 24.1 4.8 48.4 2.4 34.9 4.2 32.2 3.1 28.0 3.7 25.8* 11.5 <0.001
55–64 Male 46.6 2.2 29.6 3.5 47.5* 7.2 64.8 3.4 40.2 4.4 37.7* 6.4 53.5* 7.4 51.2* 13.0 <0.0001
Female 33.0 1.7 22.6 2.7 25.2* 4.0 37.7 3.3 38.0 4.7 41.3 4.8 28.3* 5.1 45.7* 11.9 0.001
65–74 Male 42.5 3.6 26.5* 6.2 36.3* 8.8 68.4 6.6 47.9* 7.3 47.0* 11.4 41.0* 14.0 21.8* 19.5 <0.001
Female 25.4 2.8 15* 5.0 22.8* 7.3 41.1 5.5 17.3* 5.0 56.3* 10.2 16.7* 7.7 31.3* 16.3 <0.001

PD ≥6mm 18–44 Male 14.9 0.9 7.9* 2.1 5.6* 1.7 21.7 1.7 14.1 2.1 12.0* 2.0 9.4* 2.6 7.6* 2.5 <0.0001
Female 9.5 0.7 4.3* 1.3 3.9* 1.2 14.2 1.2 7.6* 1.4 8.6* 1.6 6.3* 2.5 4.1* 2.3 <0.0001
45–54 Male 28.8 1.7 12.6* 3.0 35.7* 6.0 37.6 2.7 38.1 4.2 17.2* 3.8 15.8* 4.4 32.2 8.9 <0.0001
Female 16.3 1.1 7.4* 2.4 11.2* 2.2 25.0 1.9 17.2 2.8 9.8* 2.1 8.6* 2.7 13.3* 9.1 <0.0001
55–64 Male 27.3 2.2 10.6* 2.5 39.2* 7.2 43.2 4.1 24.8* 3.5 14.3* 5.1 20.8* 6.1 30.0* 11.8 <0.0001
Female 14.6 1.3 3.8* 1.1 13.0* 2.9 21.4 2.7 18.1 2.9 11.0* 2.7 10.1* 3.7 17.0* 8.1 <0.0001
65–74 Male 18.0 2.6 6.6* 3.4 28.6* 7.9 33.1* 6.0 24.8* 6.3 11.5* 5.3 10.9* 8.6 - - 0.001
Female 10.1 1.7 1.7* 1.3 12.4* 5.3 18.7* 4.6 5.9* 2.1 37.3* 10.2 10.3* 7.0 - - <0.0001

All values are weighted for study design and nonresponse and are age standardized to the 2010 US Census population.

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P-values based on stratum with ≤ 50 participants should be interpreted with caution.