Table 1:
Baseline characteristics and their association with tooth/gum symptoms N=2,713
| Teeth symptoms | Gum symptoms | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | With teeth symptoms (n = 1,297) | Without teeth symptoms (n = 1,416) | t or chi2 (p value) | With gum symptoms (n = 513) | Without gum symptoms (n = 2,200) | t or chi2 (p value) |
| Age (mean, SD) | 72.2 (8.2) | 73.0 (8.1) | 2.6 (0.009) | 71.0 (7.9) | 73.0 (8.2) | 5.2 (< 0.001) |
| Sex, N (%) | ||||||
| Female | 736 (56.8) | 848 (60.0) | 2.7 (0.097) | 310 (60.4) | 1,274 (57.9) | 1.1 (0.297) |
| Male | 561 (43.3) | 568 (40.1) | 203 (39.6) | 926 (42.1) | ||
| Education (mean, SD) | 8.7 (5.0) | 8.6 (5.1) | −0.97 (0.333) | 8.6 (4.9) | 8.7 (5.1) | 0.2 (0.822) |
| Marital Status, N (%) | ||||||
| Married | 943 (72.7) | 978 (69.2) | 4.1 (0.043) | 370 (72.1) | 1,551 (70.6) | 0.5 (0.484) |
| 354 (27.3) | 436 (30.8) | 143 (27.9) | 647 (29.4) | |||
| Not married | ||||||
| Living arrangement (mean, SD) | 2.0 (2.0) | 1.6 (1.8) | 28.0 (<0.001) | 2.1 (2.0) | 1.8 (1.8) | 7.7 (0.005) |
| Language preference, N (%) | ||||||
| Cantonese or Taishanese | 992 (76.5) | 1,114 (78.7) | 1.9 (0.172) | 387 (75.4) | 1,719 (78.1) | 1.7 (0.187) |
| Mandarin or English | 305 (23.5) | 302 (21.3) | 126 (24.6) | 481 (21.9) | ||
| Years in the US (mean, SD) | 18.9 (12.3) | 20.4 (12.7) | 3.2 (0.002) | 16.9 (10.9) | 20.3 (12.8) | 6.1 (<0.001) |
| Years in neighborhood (mean, SD) | 11.0 (10.3) | 12.9 (11.0) | 27.0 (<0.001) | 9.5 (8.9) | 12.5 (11.0) | 35.0 (<0.001) |
| Income (mean, SD) | 1.8 (1.0) | 2.0 (1.2) | 20.0 (<0.001) | 1.8 (1.0) | 2.0 (1.1) | 8.8 (0.003) |
| Medical conditions (mean, SD) | 2.1 (1.5) | 2.1 (1.4) | 0.006 (0.941) | 2.2 (1.5) | 2.0 (1.4) | 6.1 (0.014) |
| Smoking status, N (%) | ||||||
| Current smoker | 168 (13.0) | 130 (9.2) | 11.2 (0.004) | 57 (11.1) | 241 (11.0) | 0.02 (0.990) |
| Former smoker | 241 (18.6) | 250 (17.7) | 92 (17.9) | 399 (18.2) | ||
| Non-smoker | 887 (68.4) | 1035 (73.1) | 364 (71.0) | 1558 (70.9) | ||
| Overall Social support (mean, SD) | 30.0 (3.1) | 30.2 (3.3) | 1.81 (0.071) | 30.1 (2.9) | 30.1081 (3.3) | −0.2 (0.880) |
| Global cognition z score (mean, SD) | −0.04 ( 0.8) | −0.003 (0.8) | 1.5 (0.144) | 0.01 (0.8) | −0.03 (0.8) | −1.1 (0.254) |
| Episodic memory z score (mean, SD) | −0.05 (0.9) | −0.01 (1.0) | 1.2 (0.249) | 0.02 (0.9) | −0.05 (1.0) | −1.5 (0.143) |
| Executive function z score (mean, SD) | −0.05 (0.9) | −0.06 (0.9) | −0.3 (0.768) | 0.040 (0.9) | −0.07 (0.9) | −2.3 (0.023) |
| Working memory z score (mean, SD) | −0.0004 (1.0) | 0.004 (1.0) | 0.1 (0.915) | 0.04 (1.0) | −0.006 (1.0) | −0.9 (0.384) |