Table 1.

Characteristics of participants

Characteristic	Level	n	Weighted percentage %	95% CI (lower)	95% CI (upper)
Age	15–44	1,591	56.7	54.2	59.3
	45–59	1,333	25.2	23.3	27.1
	60 +	1,246	18.1	16.4	19.7
Sex	Male	1,604	50.0	47.4	52.6
	Female	2,566	50.0	47.4	52.6
Income	< 30k	1,253	24.1	21.7	26.6
	30k–< 60k	567	29.4	26.9	31.9
	60k+	2,093	46.5	43.3	49.8
Education	High school or less	1,349	56.4	52.7	60.0
	Trade/Dip/cert	1,351	38.6	35.2	42.0
	Degree/teaching/nursing	1,372	5.0	3.9	6.3
Diabetes	Yes	213	4.3	3.2	5.5
	No	3,956	95.7	94.5	96.8
Smoking	Current	578	15.2	13.2	17.1
	Previous	1,315	27.3	25.1	29.5
	Never	2,277	57.5	55.0	60.1
Alcohol	≤ 2 drinks	2,191	57.7	54.5	60.8
	> 2 drinks	1,152	42.3	39.2	45.5
Usual reason for dental visit	Check-up	1,712	58.5	52.6	58.8
	Problem	1,602	41.5	41.2	47.4
Mouth rinsing	No	2,821	41.9	39.3	44.6
	Yes	1,347	58.1	55.4	60.7
Tooth brushing	< 2 day	1,612	44.5	41.8	47.2
	≥ 2 day	2,535	55.5	52.8	58.2
Flossing	No	1,952	51.5	48.6	54.3
	Yes	2,217	48.5	45.7	51.4
BMI	Underweight/normal	1,685	48.1	45.9	51.9
	Overweight/obese	2,060	51.9	48.1	54.1

		Mean	SE
Added sugar	Grams/day	19.1	0.5	18.1	20.1

BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval.