Table 4.
Baseline dental characteristics stratified according to adherence to the DASH diet.
| DASH Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Medium | High | p-Value | |
| n * | 2259 | 6718 | 43 | |
| DMFT index | 20.00; 16.00, 24.00 | 19.00; 16.00, 23.00 | 19.00; 14.00, 22.00 | <0.001 |
| BOP index | 8.70; 2.00, 22.00 | 7.50; 1.92, 19.44 | 7.14; 2.07, 14.98 | 0.081 |
| Plaque index | 10.71; 0.00, 35.36 | 7.41; 0.00, 26.92 | 6.25; 0.00, 29.63 | <0.001 |
| Periodontitis | 0.046 | |||
| None/mild | 304 (22.2) | 1014 (23.9) | 9 (30.0) | |
| Moderate | 775 (56.5) | 2472 (58.3) | 17 (56.7) | |
| Severe | 292 (21.3) | 755 (17.8) | 4 (13.3) | |
Abbreviations: BOP Index = Bleeding on Probing Index, DMFT Index = Decayed, Missing, Filled, Teeth Index, n * = Adherence score could be assessed for 9020 participants–not all columns sum up to 100%, because of missing values for different variables.