Table 1 Baseline characteristics stratified by periodontitis severity
From: Evidence from the Hamburg City Health Study – association between education and periodontitis
Periodontitis: | None/mild | Moderate | Severe | p-value for Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n | 1453 | 3580 | 1176 | |
n (%); median [IQR] | n (%); median [IQR] | n (%); median [IQR] | ||
DEMOGRAPHICS | ||||
Female sex | 878 (60.4) | 1814 (50.7) | 460 (39.1) | < 0.001 |
Age | 59 [52,66] | 63 [55,69] | 66 [59,71] | < 0.001 |
Education | < 0.001 | |||
Low | 410 (29.5) | 1197 (35.0) | 461 (41.6) | |
Medium | 295 (21.2) | 640 (18.7) | 187 (16.9) | |
High | 686 (49.3) | 1579 (46.2) | 461 (41.6) | |
Not born in Germany | 176 (12.7) | 485 (14.2) | 161 (14.6) | 0.311 |
Years living in Germany | 37.00 [26.00,49.00] | 39.00 [27.00,53.50] | 38.00 [25.00,49.00] | 0.339 |
Migration | 0.050 | |||
Immigrated | 176 (16.0) | 485 (19.1) | 161 (20.6) | |
Migration background | 83 (7.5) | 161 (6.3) | 44 (5.6) | |
No migration background | 842 (76.5) | 1894 (74.6) | 575 (73.7) | |
German language skills | 0.603 | |||
Very good | 45 (42.9) | 112 (44.1) | 34 (37.0) | |
Good | 39 (37.1) | 87 (34.3) | 32 (34.8) | |
Moderate | 19 (18.1) | 50 (19.7) | 24 (26.1) | |
Poor | 2 (1.9) | 1 (0.4) | 1 (1.1) | |
Very poor | 0 (0.0) | 4 (1.6) | 1 (1.1) | |
LABORATORIES | ||||
IL-6 | 1.45 [1.01,2.04] | 1.55 [1.15,2.16] | 1.77 [1.33,2.63] | < 0.001 |
Hs-CRP | 0.10 [0.06,0.23] | 0.11 [0.06,0.25] | 0.13 [0.07,0.30] | < 0.001 |
Total energy (kcal/day) | 1989.2 [1568.7,2543.3] | 2047.6 [1628.7,2593.8] | 2068.9 [1639.3,2602.3] | 0.057 |
DENTAL VARIABLES | ||||
DMFT Index | 17.00 [14.00,21.00] | 19.00 [16.00,23.00] | 21.00 [17.00,24.25] | < 0.001 |
BOP Index | 2.08 [0.00,7.14] | 8.33 [2.17,19.23] | 21.05 [9.26,41.67] | < 0.001 |
Plaque-index | 0.00 [0.00,10.71] | 8.93 [0.00,27.78] | 22.00 [5.77,54.76] | < 0.001 |