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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Blood Press. 2019 Nov 11;29(2):103–112. doi: 10.1080/08037051.2019.1680270

Table 1.

Baseline descriptive data by mouthwash use at baseline, among people free of diagnosed hypertension (mean ± SD or %)

Mouthwash
< 2/day
n=414
Mouthwash
≥ 2/day
n=126
Age (years) 49.1 ± 6.6 48.6 ± 6.1
Female 77.3 80.2
Current smoker 20.1 23.8
Income (< $20,000 per year) 54.6 62.4
Education
   < High School 8.9 19.8
   High School 41.3 45.2
   ≥ Some College 49.8 34.9
Physical activity: METs 25.2 ± 46.6 22.8 ± 41.9
Obese 55.6 61.9
Waist circumference (cm) 103.9 ± 13.2 104.0 ± 11.6
Alcohol consumption (g/day) 2.4 ± 6.5 1.6 ± 4.5
Sleep breathing disorder 13.8 15.9
HOMA-IR 2.35 ± 1.74 2057 ± 1.81
Pre-diabetes 49.3 43.7
Diabetes 5.8 7.1
High BP Medication Use 3.4 4.0
C-reactive protein (mmol/L) 5.8 ± 6.0 5.4 ± 5.8
Plaque score 0.76 ± 0.57 0.85 ± 0.64
No. of sites bleeding on probing 12.7 ± 12.1 12.4 ± 12.9
Moderate/severe periodontitis 60.5 67.5
Active caries 1.2 ± 4.5 1.1 ± 2.7
Add salt at the table
   Never 68.4 73.0
   Sometimes/Always 31.6 27.0
Fruit and vegetables (g/week) 7.3 ± 4.2 7.2 ± 3.8