Table 2. Comparison between low and high DMFT index scores among patients on hemodialysis.
| Characteristics | Low DMFT (< 24) n = 57 |
High DMFT (≥ 24) n = 23 |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (y; mean ± SD) | 64.6 ± 12.5 | 73.8 ± 8.4 | 0.0018 |
| Sex (M/F) | 34/23 | 14/9 | 0.9209 |
| Height (cm; mean ± SD) | 161.2 ± 9.3 | 158.4 ± 10.5 | 0.2391 |
| Dry weight (kg; mean ± SD) | 55.7 ± 12.2 | 47.7 ± 9.3 | 0.0060 |
| BMI (kg/m2; mean ± SD) | 21.3 ± 3.9 | 18.9 ± 2.5 | 0.0077 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg; mean ± SD) | 149.8 ± 23.3 | 157.15 ± 26.1 | 0.2237 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg; mean ± SD) | 81.2 ± 12.9 | 74.0 ± 16.0 | 0.0395 |
| Pulse pressure (mmHg; mean ± SD) | 68.6 ± 19.9 | 83.0 ± 19.8 | 0.0042 |
| WBC (/ml; mean ± SD) | 5609.8 ± 1521.4 | 5959.6 ± 2164.0 | 0.4148 |
| Hemoglobin (g/dl; mean ± SD) | 11.9 ± 1.1 | 11.9 ± 1.2 | 0.9575 |
| Platelets (104/ml; mean ± SD) | 16.8 ± 5.2 | 19.4 ± 7.8 | 0.0822 |
| Serum albumin (mg/dl; mean ± SD) | 3.4 ± 0.4 | 3.4 ± 0.3 | 0.718 |
| Serum creatinine (mg/dl; mean ± SD) | 10.3 ± 3.1 | 9.7 ± 2.3 | 0.4137 |
| C-reactive protein (mg/dl; mean ± SD) | 0.3 ± 0.5 | 1.0 ± 2.7 | 0.0783 |
| Intact PTH (pg/ml; mean ± SD) | 157.1 ± 100.3 | 177.3 ± 117.7 | 0.4409 |
| Serum calcium (mg/dl; mean ± SD) | 8.6 ± 0.7 | 8.4 ± 0.7 | 0.2734 |
| Serum phosphate (mg/dl; mean ± SD) | 5.1 ± 1.2 | 5.1 ± 1.3 | 0.9755 |
| Blood sugar (mg/dl; mean ± SD) | 115.5 ± 39.0 | 110.5 ± 30.2 | 0.5848 |
| Glico albumin (%; mean ± SD) | 19.0 ± 2.6 | 17.1 ± 3.1 | 0.2173 |
| Ejection fraction (%) | 63.7 ± 11.2 | 62.5 ± 9.3 | 0.6528 |
| Diabetes mellitus rate (%) | 28.1 | 21.7 | 0.5660 |
| Anamnesis of heart disease rate (%) | 10.5 | 30.4 | 0.0290 |
| Anamnesis of cerebral infarction rate (%) | 14.0 | 8.7 | 0.5195 |
| Anamnesis of cerebral hemorrhage rate (%) | 5.3 | 8.7 | 0.5717 |
Bold values indicate statistical significance at p < 0.05. BMI: body mass index. DMFT scores: the numbers of total, decayed (DT), missing (MT), and filled (FT) teeth, intact PTH: intact parathyroid hormone, WBC: white blood cell.