TABLE 4.
Influences of oral conditions on scores of OHAT between CI and non‐CI group
| Category | CI (N = 412) | P for trend | Non‐CI (N = 243) | P for trend | P for Homogeneity test | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–3 Healthy mouth | 4–8 Changing mouth | >9 Unhealthy mouth | 0–3 Healthy mouth | 4–8 Changing mouth | >9 Unhealthy mouth | ||||
| Oral environments | |||||||||
| Plaque index b [N(%)] | <0.001 | 0.0112 | <0.0001 | ||||||
| No plaque | 165 (58.7) | 39 (32.0) | 2 (22.2) | 119 (59.8) | 17 (39.5) | 2 (66.7) | |||
| Nonvisible/ with probe | 81 (28.8) | 32 (26.2) | 4 (44.4) | 54 (27.1) | 12 (27.9) | 1 (33.3) | |||
| Moderate plaque | 29 (10.3) | 37 (30.3) | 0 (0.0) | 25 (12.6) | 13 (30.2) | 0 (0.0) | |||
| Amount plaque | 6 (2.1) | 14 (11.5) | 3 (33.3) | 1 (0.5) | 1 (2.3) | 0 (0.0) | |||
| Oral odour [N (%)] | <0.001 | – | – | ||||||
| No oral odour | 158 (56.2) | 36 (29.5) | 0 (0.0) | 140 (70.4) | 24 (55.8) | 1 (33.3) | |||
| Suspicious oral odour | 70 (24.9) | 40 (32.8) | 0 (0.0) | 38 (19.1) | 13 (30.2) | 0 (0.0) | |||
| Mild oral odour | 43 (15.3) | 33 (27.0) | 1 (25.0) | 21 (10.6) | 6 (14.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
| Moderate oral odour | 8 (2.8) | 9 (7.4) | 2 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (66.7) | |||
| Severe oral odour | 1 (0.4) | 3 (2.5) | 1 (25.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
| Serious oral odour | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
| Oral function | |||||||||
| Chewing function [N (%)] | 0.0044 | 0.0403 | 0.0010 | ||||||
| Normal | 191 (68.0) | 69 (56.6) | 3 (33.3) | 186 (93.5) | 36 (83.7) | 2 (66.7) | |||
| Partial chewing disorder | 48 (17.1) | 31 (25.4) | 1 (11.1) | 11 (5.5) | 7 (16.3) | 1 (33.3) | |||
| Total chewing disorder | 42 (14.9) | 22 (18.0) | 5 (55.6) | 2 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
| Swallowing function [N (%)] | 0.0066 | 0.7527 | 0.0064 | ||||||
| Normal | 213 (75.8) | 83 (68.0) | 3 (33.3) | 193 (97.0) | 40 (93.0) | 3 (100.0) | |||
| Choking cough | 14 (5.0) | 10 (8.2) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.0) | 1 (2.3) | 0 (0.0) | |||
| Mild disorder | 12 (4.3) | 8 (6.6) | 1 (11.1) | 1 (0.5) | 2 (4.7) | 0 (0.0) | |||
| Moderate disorder | 11 (3.9) | 3 (2.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
| Severe disorder | 31 (11.0) | 18 (14.8) | 5 (55.6) | 2 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
a
Nonvisible plaque: could been measured with probe; moderate plaque: covers more than half of the tooth surface; amount plaque: covers more than two‐thirds of tooth surface;