Table 2.
Bivariate analysis.
| Decayed teeth |
Missing teeth |
Filled |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | Mean* | SD | P† | Mean* | SD | P† | Mean* | SD | P† | |
| Men | 596 | 36.3 | 6.38 | 5.45 | .297 | 2.83 | 4.97 | .916 | 0.84 | 2.02 | <.001 |
| Women | 1044 | 63.6 | 6.62 | 5.31 | 3.04 | 5.65 | 1.45 | 2.91 | |||
| No formal education | 383 | 23.3 | 6.59 | 5.03 | .040 | 5.58 | 7.52 | <.001 | 1.04 | 2.62 | .333 |
| Elementary | 490 | 29.9 | 6.74 | 5.75 | 2.58 | 4.29 | 1.33 | 2.78 | |||
| Middle school | 488 | 29.8 | 6.75 | 5.32 | 1.98 | 3.71 | 1.27 | 2.71 | |||
| High school or more | 279 | 17.0 | 5.58 | 5.04 | 0.72 | 1.74 | 1.46 | 2.45 | |||
| Self-rated OH excellent-good | 174 | 10.6 | 5.26 | 4.94 | .003 | 2.19 | 4.39 | .023 | 1.56 | 3.12 | .403 |
| Fair-poor | 1466 | 89.4 | 6.68 | 5.38 | 3.85 | 6.26 | 1.23 | 2.62 | |||
| Self-rated OH appearance excellent-good | 208 | 12.7 | 5.97 | 5.27 | .145 | 2.02 | 4.08 | <.001 | 1.29 | 2.37 | .303 |
| Fair-poor | 1427 | 89.3 | 6.61 | 5.36 | 3.94 | 6.35 | 1.26 | 2.72 | |||
| Diabetes | 1526 | 6.9 | 5.81 | 5.01 | .119 | 5.45 | 6.78 | <.001 | 1.19 | 2.81 | .494 |
| No diabetes | 114 | 93.1 | 6.62 | 5.39 | 2.57 | 5.05 | 1.20 | 2.67 | |||
| Smoking | 163 | 9.9 | 6.64 | 5.40 | .754 | 3.67 | 4.98 | <.001 | 1.18 | 2.69 | .191 |
| No smoking | 1477 | 90.1 | 6.53 | 5.35 | 2.86 | 4.09 | 1.27 | 2.68 | |||
| Oral pain | |||||||||||
| Once or more in the last 12 months | 378 | 23.0 | 6.68 | 5.40 | .110 | 2.65 | 5.58 | .222 | 1.25 | 2.56 | .130 |
| Never | 472 | 28.8 | 6.11 | 5.10 | 2.94 | 5.24 | 1.33 | 3.04 | |||
| Gum bleeding | 840 | 51.2 | 6.63 | 5.38 | .546 | 1.43 | 2.94 | .218 | 1.30 | 2.75 | .496 |
| No gum bleeding | 700 | 48.8 | 6.45 | 5.34 | 2.29 | 4.75 | 1.22 | 2.62 | |||
| Halitosis | 977 | 59.6 | 6.85 | 5.43 | .010 | 1.88 | 3.97 | .481 | 1.32 | 2.80 | .442 |
| No halitosis | 663 | 40.4 | 6.10 | 5.22 | 1.84 | 3.96 | 1.18 | 2.53 | |||
| Daily toothbrushing | 1573 | 4.1 | 4.42 | 4.42 | .042 | 2.48 | 4.7 | <.001 | 1.30 | 2.73 | .065 |
| No daily toothbrushing | 67 | 95.9 | 6.57 | 6.57 | 6.01 | 7.70 | 0.57 | 1.55 | |||
| DA last 12 months | 830 | 50.6 | 6.42 | 5.29 | .111 | 2.61 | 4.67 | .905 | 1.21 | 2.65 | <.001 |
| No DA in the last 12 months | 810 | 49.4 | 6.78 | 5.10 | 2.85 | 5.57 | 1.67 | 2.95 | |||
| Flossing | 174 | 11.6 | 6.69 | 5.23 | .590 | 0.96 | 1.64 | .079 | 1.78 | 2.84 | <.001 |
| Not flossing | 1119 | 88.4 | 6.53 | 5.38 | 3.03 | 5.47 | 1.21 | 2.68 | |||
| OHI | 1056 | 64.4 | 6.32 | 5.24 | .098 | 2.41 | 4.64 | .318 | 1.53 | 2.94 | <.001 |
| No OHI | 584 | 35.6 | 6.86 | 5.50 | 3.25 | 5.70 | 0.90 | 2.26 | |||
DA = dental attendance; DMF = decayed, missing, and filled teeth; OH = oral hygiene; OHI = oral hygiene instructions; SD = standard deviation.
⁎
DMF mean according to sociodemographic, behavioural characteristics, and oral symptoms of the studied sample (n = 1640).
†
Based on Kruskal-Wallis/Mann-Whitney tests