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Table 2 Association between demographic characteristics and dental status with BMI

From: Association between oral health-related quality of life and nutritional status among older adults in district of Kuala Pilah, Malaysia

Variables

Satisfactory BMI

n (%)

Unsatisfactory BMI

n (%)

p-value

Sex

 Male

68 (43.3)

117 (41.6)

0.734

 Female

89 (56.7)

164 (58.4)

Age Group

 50–59

56 (35.7)

123 (43.8)

0.010*

 60–69

43 (27.4)

89 (31.6)

 70–79

45 (28.6)

62 (22.1)

 80 & above

13 (8.3)

7 (2.5)

Education level

 No formal education

16 (10.2)

27 (9.6)

0.407

 Primary & secondary

129 (82.2)

241 (85.8)

 Tertiary

12 (7.6)

13 (4.6)

Medical condition

 Yes

80 (51.0)

174 (61.9)

0.026*

 No

77 (49.0)

107 (38.1)

Dental status

 Dentate

122 (78.2)

228 (83.8)

0.147

 Edentate

34 (21.8)

44 (16.2)

GOHAI score

 High perception

56 (35.7)

55 (19.6)

< 0.001*

 Low perception

101 (64.3)

226 (80.4)

  1. *Significant at p-level < 0.05