Long-term effects of smoking on tooth loss after cessation among middle-aged Finnish adults: the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study

Table 2 Self-reported number of teeth by gender and other study variables among former smokers

	Male (n = 670)			Female (n = 674)			Total (n = 1344)
	Participants	Number of teeth		Participants	Number of teeth		Participants	Number of teeth
	%	Mean	≥28: %	%	Mean	≥28: %	%	Mean	≥28: %
Years since smoking cessation (n = 1344)
0–9 years	44	26.4	51	37	27.3	62	40	26.8	56
10–19 years	31	27.4	61	28	27.5	62	30	27.4	61
20 or more years	25	27.7	62	35	27.4	56	30	27.5	58
Years of smoking (n = 1324)
1–9 years	28	27.6	65	46	27.5	62	37	27.6	63
10–19 years	34	27.1	57	29	27.5	56	32	27.3	57
20 or more years	38	26.4	51	25	27.1	61	31	26.7	56
Education (n = 1319)
Basic	9	26.8	47	5	25.9	33	7	26.4	42
Secondary	47	26.4	51	31	27.0	52	39	26.7	52
Higher	44	27.8	67	64	27.7	65	54	27.7	65
Tooth brushing (n = 1340)
Once daily or less	49	26.3	49	24	27.1	57	36	26.6	52
At least twice daily	51	27.7	65	76	27.5	61	64	27.6	62
Alcohol use, g/week (n = 1343)
Moderate to heavy drinker	16	27.4	68	6	27.7	70	11	27.5	68
Non-drinker or light drinker	84	27.0	55	94	27.4	59	89	27.2	57
Diabetes (n = 1312)
Yes	4	27.4	54	4	27.2	58	4	27.3	56
No	96	27.1	58	96	27.4	60	96	27.2	59
Total (n = 1344)	100	27.0	57	100	27.4	60	100	27.2	58

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