TABLE 2.
Demographic and health status characteristics for a sample of participants (N = 484) in the Black Women’s Health Study residing in Massachusetts according to level of dental anxiety
| Population characteristics | Dental Anxiety |
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|---|---|---|---|
| High (N = 86) | Low (N = 396) | Crude PR (95% CI) | |
| N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Age in years | |||
| 40–49 | 11 (12.8) | 75 (18.9) | 0.78 (0.42, 1.47) |
| 50–59 | 38 (44.2) | 131 (33.1) | 1.38 (0.92, 2.07) |
| 60+ | 37 (43.0) | 190 (48.0) | Ref |
| Education | |||
| High school or less | 11 (12.8) | 45 (11.4) | 1.19 (0.66, 2.14) |
| Some college | 24 (27.9) | 93 (23.5) | 1.24 (0.80, 1.92) |
| College or beyond | 51 (59.3) | 258 (65.1) | Ref |
| Annual household incomea | |||
| ≤50000 | 36 (45.6) | 140 (38.6) | 1.60 (0.72, 3.56) |
| >50000 | 43 (54.4) | 223 (61.4) | Ref |
| Marital status | |||
| Married/cohabitating | 24 (33.3) | 149 (45.6) | Ref |
| Single | 48 (66.7) | 178 (54.4) | 1.53 (0.98 2.40) |
| Born in the United States | |||
| Yes | 77 (90.6) | 349 (88.8) | 1.17 (0.60, 2.29) |
| No | 8 (9.4) | 44 (11.2) | Ref |
| Parity | |||
| Nulliparous | 21 (24.7) | 112 (28.4) | Ref |
| 1 birth | 25 (29.4) | 107 (27.2) | 1.20 (0.71, 2.03) |
| 2 births | 17 (20.0) | 96 (24.4) | 0.95 (0.53, 1.72) |
| 3+ births | 22 (25.9) | 79 (20.1) | 1.38 (0.80, 2.37) |
| Body Mass Index (kg/m2) | |||
| <25 | 13 (15.7) | 89 (23.2) | 0.93 (0.49, 1.77) |
| ≥25–<30 | 21 (25.3) | 132 (34.5) | Ref |
| ≥30 | 49 (59.0) | 162 (42.3) | 1.69 (1.06, 2.70) |
| Diabetes | |||
| Yes | 14 (16.3) | 75 (18.9) | 0.86 (0.51, 1.45) |
| No | 72 (83.7) | 321 (81.1) | Ref |
| Hypertension | |||
| Yes | 50 (58.1) | 199 (50.3) | 1.30 (0.88, 1.92) |
| No | 36 (41.9) | 197 (49.8) | Ref |
| Cigarette smoking | |||
| Non-smoker | 75 (89.3) | 355 (92.2) | 1.32 (0.72, 2.43) |
| Current smoker | 9 (10.7) | 30 (7.8) | Ref |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; PR, prevalence ratio; Qrt, quartile.
a
Annual household income measured in USD/year in 2003.