Table 1 Socio-demographics, health behaviors and oral hygiene among the study subjects according to gender and parity or number of children
Female | Male | P for trend | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Parity | P for trend | Number of children | ||||||||||
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ≧4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ≧4 | |||
(n=36) | (n=68) | (n=371) | (n=150) | (n=24) | (n=25) | (n=53) | (n=336) | (n=130) | (n=18) | |||
Age, mean(SD) | 64.0(5.21) | 65.4(6.01) | 66.0(5.72) | 65.1(5.84) | 66.4(4.83) | 0.204 | 65.5(6.47) | 65.7(5.74) | 65.0(5.70) | 65.7(5.87) | 67.2(5.18) | 0.280 |
Education, n(%) | ||||||||||||
Low | 11(30.6) | 22(32.4) | 132(35.6) | 53(35.3) | 13(54.2) | 0.074 | 9(36.0) | 16(30.2) | 103(30.7) | 36(27.2) | 7(38.9) | 0.939 |
Middle | 18(50.0) | 32(47.1) | 183(49.3) | 78(52.0) | 8(33.3) | 10(40.0) | 31(58.5) | 160(47.6) | 78(60.0) | 5(27.8) | ||
High | 7(19.4) | 14(20.6) | 56(15.1) | 19(12.7) | 3(12.5) | 6(24.0) | 6(11.3) | 73(21.7) | 16(12.3) | 6(33.3) | ||
Sweet snacks, n(%) | ||||||||||||
Rarely | 2(5.6) | 4(5.9) | 23(6.2) | 10(6.7) | 3(12.5) | 0.315 | 9(36.0) | 13(24.5) | 59(17.6) | 22(16.9) | 1(5.6) | 0.095 |
Sometimes | 21(58.3) | 42(61.8) | 199(53.6) | 67(44.7) | 13(54.2) | 13(52.0) | 31(58.5) | 211(62.8) | 85(65.4) | 15(83.3) | ||
Everyday | 13(36.1) | 22(32.4) | 149(40.2) | 73(48.7) | 8(33.3) | 3(12.0) | 9(17.0) | 66(19.6) | 23(17.7) | 2(11.1) | ||
Sweet drinks, n(%) | ||||||||||||
Rarely | 19(52.8) | 30(44.1) | 177(47.7) | 70(46.7) | 12(50.0) | 0.543 | 9(36.0) | 18(34.0) | 103(30.7) | 45(34.6) | 6(33.3) | 0.971 |
Sometimes | 10(27.8) | 18(26.5) | 127(34.2) | 57(38.0) | 7(29.2) | 12(48.0) | 24(45.3) | 155(46.1) | 58(44.6) | 9(50.0) | ||
Everyday | 7(19.4) | 20(29.4) | 67(18.1) | 23(15.3) | 5(20.8) | 4(16.0) | 11(20.8) | 78(23.2) | 27(20.8) | 3(16.7) | ||
Family dentist, n(%) | ||||||||||||
Yes | 33(91.7) | 56(82.4) | 340(91.6) | 136(90.7) | 22(91.7) | 0.382 | 20(80.0) | 49(92.5) | 284(84.5) | 113(86.9) | 18(100.0) | 0.394 |
No | 3(8.3) | 12(17.6) | 31(8.4) | 14(9.3) | 2(8.3) | 5(20.0) | 4(7.5) | 52(15.5) | 17(13.1) | 0(0.0) | ||
Smoking, n(%) | ||||||||||||
Non-smoker | 33(91.7) | 66(97.1) | 361(97.3) | 148(98.7) | 24(100.0) | 0.015 | 9(36.0) | 22(41.5) | 120(35.7) | 47(36.2) | 6(33.3) | 0.385 |
Past smoker | 0(0.0) | 2(2.9) | 6(1.6) | 1(0.7) | 0(0.0) | 13(52.0) | 18(34.0) | 134(39.9) | 52(40.0) | 6(33.3) | ||
Current smoker | 3(8.3) | 0(0.0) | 4(1.1) | 1(0.7) | 0(0.0) | 3(12.0) | 13(24.5) | 82(24.4) | 31(23.8) | 6(33.3) | ||
Oral hygiene, n(%) | ||||||||||||
Good | 8(22.2) | 11(16.2) | 62(16.7) | 18(12.0) | 3(12.5) | 0.102 | 7(28.0) | 7(13.2) | 36(10.7) | 17(13.1) | 1(5.6) | 0.004 |
Fair | 23(63.9) | 47(69.1) | 248(66.9) | 102(68.0) | 17(70.8) | 14(56.0) | 38(71.7) | 217(64.6) | 76(58.5) | 8(44.4) | ||
Poor | 5(13.9) | 10(14.7) | 61(16.4) | 30(20.0) | 4(16.7) | 4(16.0) | 8(15.1) | 83(24.7) | 37(28.5) | 9(50.0) | ||