Table 2.
The association between awareness of teeth-alignment disorder and medical history.
| Medical History | All | Male | Female | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awareness of Teeth-Alignment Disorder | p | Awareness of Teeth-Alignment Disorder | p | Awareness of Teeth-Alignment Disorder | p | ||||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||||||
| Presence | Absence | Presence | Absence | Presence | Absence | ||||
| 1819 (100) | 7084 (100) | – | 1438 (100) | 5718 (100) | – | 381 (100) | 1366 (100) | – | |
| Pollinosis | 322 (17.7) | 1070 (15.1) | 0.007 * | 242 (16.8) | 865 (15.1) | 0.120 | 80 (21.0) | 205 (15.0) | 0.007 * |
| Food/drug allergy | 56 (3.1) | 210 (3.0) | 0.859 | 44 (3.1) | 173 (3.0) | 0.946 | 12 (3.1) | 37 (2.7) | 0.775 |
| Inhaled antigen allergy (except pollinosis) | 43 (2.4) | 133 (1.9) | 0.217 | 34 (2.4) | 105 (1.8) | 0.234 | 9 (2.4) | 28 (2.0) | 0.862 |
| Allergic rhinitis | 287 (15.8) | 1035 (14.6) | 0.225 | 231 (16.1) | 870 (15.2) | 0.449 | 56 (14.7) | 165 (12.1) | 0.203 |
| Otitis media/externa | 43 (2.4) | 133 (1.9) | 0.217 | 36 (2.5) | 110 (1.9) | 0.199 | 7 (1.8) | 23 (1.7) | 1 |
| Sinusitis | 19 (1.0) | 120 (1.7) | 0.059 | 16 (1.1) | 100 (1.7) | 0.112 | 3 (0.8) | 20 (1.5) | 0.441 |
| Pneumothorax/mediastinal emphysema | 21 (1.2) | 89 (1.3) | 0.817 | 20 (1.4) | 86 (1.5) | 0.845 | 1 (0.3) | 3 (0.2) | 1 |
| Asthma/cough variant asthma | 192 (10.6) | 647 (9.1) | 0.071 | 157 (10.9) | 560 (9.8) | 0.222 | 35 (9.2) | 87 (6.4) | 0.073 |
| Atopic dermatitis | 148 (8.1) | 477 (6.7) | 0.042 * | 120 (8.3) | 396 (6.9) | 0.071 | 28 (7.3) | 81 (5.9) | 0.372 |
| Urticaria | 21 (1.2) | 107 (1.5) | 0.304 | 15 (1.0) | 90 (1.6) | 0.169 | 6 (1.6) | 17 (1.2) | 0.806 |
| Scoliosis | 16 (0.9) | 47 (0.7) | 0.410 | 6 (0.4) | 23 (0.4) | 1 | 10 (2.6) | 24 (1.8) | 0.382 |
| Spondylosis/spondylolisthesis/hernia | 9 (0.5) | 43 (0.6) | 0.698 | 7 (0.5) | 37 (0.6) | 0.613 | 2 (0.5) | 6 (0.4) | 1 |
| Strabismus | 11 (0.6) | 56 (0.8) | 0.506 | 7 (0.5) | 41 (0.7) | 0.438 | 4 (1.0) | 15 (1.1) | 1 |
| Myopia/hyperopia/astigmatism | 10 (0.5) | 72 (1.0) | 0.085 | 7 (0.5) | 57 (1.0) | 0.093 | 3 (0.8) | 15 (1.1) | 0.807 |
| Arrhythmia | 24 (1.3) | 75 (1.1) | 0.412 | 19 (1.3) | 61 (1.1) | 0.496 | 5 (1.3) | 14 (1.0) | 0.842 |
| Abnormal ECG other than arrhythmia | 11 (0.6) | 55 (0.8) | 0.543 | 11 (0.8) | 50 (0.9) | 0.808 | 0 (0.0) | 5 (0.4) | 0.522 |
| Anemia | 17 (0.9) | 43 (0.6) | 0.173 | 9 (0.6) | 22 (0.4) | 0.308 | 8 (2.1) | 21 (1.5) | 0.594 |
| Gum bleeding | 809 (44.5) | 2427 (34.5) | <0.001 * | 661 (46.0) | 2024 (35.4) | <0.001 * | 148 (38.8) | 385 (28.2) | <0.001 * |
* p < 0.05.