Socioeconomics, health-related factors, and tooth loss among the population aged over 80 years in China

Yang, Hanmo; Han, Runlin; Wang, Zhenjie

doi:10.1186/s12889-022-12861-2

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Characteristics of subjects (%)

From: Socioeconomics, health-related factors, and tooth loss among the population aged over 80 years in China

		Males			Females
		Number of teeth			Number of teeth
		< 20	≥ 20	p value	< 20	≥ 20	p value
		%	%	p value	%	%	p value
Number of participants (weighted)		1787	605		2539	582
Age	80–84	59.04	69.80		55.58	70.16
	85–89	27.19	24.31		30.71	23.90
	90–94	11.35	5.21		10.71	5.16
	95–99	2.22	0.64		2.65	0.73
	≥100	0.21	0.04	< 0.001	0.36	0.06	< 0.001
Household income per capita	Q1	23.58	12.55		27.49	22.67
	Q2	18.76	12.97		18.61	13.84
	Q3	17.76	18.96		20.19	19.69
	Q4	21.09	26.56		17.73	19.63
	Q5	18.81	28.96	< 0.001	15.98	24.17	0.023
Current residence area	Urban	53.38	68.26		53.18	58.39
Current residence area	Rural	46.62	31.74	< 0.001	46.82	41.61	0.163
Marital status	Married	59.01	66.87		26.80	34.16
Marital status	Unmarried	40.99	33.13	0.020	73.20	65.84	0.032
Illiterate	No	69.71	78.55		27.34	38.80
Illiterate	Yes	30.29	21.45	0.005	72.66	61.20	< 0.001
Brushing less than once per day^a	No	69.71	78.55		67.45	82.50
Brushing less than once per day^a	Yes	30.29	21.45	< 0.001	32.55	17.50	< 0.001
Sugar consumption	Less than once per month	59.03	57.78		60.81	69.29
	Some of the time	34.11	30.12		30.30	22.47
	Almost everyday	6.86	12.10	0.020	8.89	8.24	0.043
Green tea consumption	Less than once per month	85.65	79.28		93.12	89.69
	Some of the time	2.83	2.14		1.60	2.63
	Almost everyday	11.52	18.58	0.012	5.28	7.68	0.228
Mushroom consumption	Less than once per month	67.82	57.96		66.97	62.00
	Some of the time	30.14	39.20		30.62	34.82
	Almost everyday	2.04	2.83	0.009	2.41	3.17	0.339
Fish consumption	Less than once per month	39.17	26.62		43.42	37.30
	Some of the time	53.27	62.08		47.77	54.58
	Almost everyday	7.55	11.30	< 0.001	8.82	8.12	0.163
Milk consumption	Less than once per month	68.90	53.32		66.41	60.59
	Some of the time	19.17	24.83		20.96	21.26
	Almost everyday	11.94	21.85	< 0.001	12.64	18.15	0.076
Alcohol consumption	Never	79.81	80.92		97.33	96.90
	Drank in the past	9.93	8.97		1.06	1.75
	Drink at present	10.25	10.11	0.892	1.61	1.35	0.648
Cigarette smoking	Never	41.12	49.96		88.90	90.96
	Previous smoker	30.47	32.12		5.53	3.80
	Current smoker	28.41	17.93	0.002	5.58	5.24	0.557
ADL capacity	Not disabled	84.03	90.82		81.81	89.68
ADL capacity	Disabled	15.97	9.18	0.004	18.19	10.32	0.002
Hypertension	No	58.37	50.65		52.15	48.14
Hypertension	Yes	41.63	49.35	0.029	47.85	51.86	0.279
Diabetes	No	89.59	83.74		88.35	83.24
Diabetes	Yes	10.41	16.26	0.012	11.65	16.76	0.035
Overweight (BMI ≥ 25)	No	78.96	72.16		75.57	71.26
Overweight (BMI ≥ 25)	Yes	21.04	27.84	0.031	24.43	28.74	0.199

^a2993 with no teeth were excluded

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