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Table 1 The dental caries status among 55- to 74-year-old people in Guangdong Province

From: Relationship between Chinese Baijiu consumption and dental caries among 55- to 74-year-old adults in Guangdong, southern China: a cross-sectional survey

 

N

Crown caries

Root caries

n

% a

P-value

DFT

SD b

P-value

n

% a

P-value

DFRoot

SD b

P-value

Total

576

456

79.17

 

3.19

3.26

 

353

61.28

 

2.08

2.78

 

Sex

   

0.014

  

< 0.001

  

0.932

  

0.467

 Male

288

216

75.00

 

2.71

2.97

 

177

61.46

 

1.94

2.58

 

 Female

288

240

83.33

 

3.68

3.46

 

176

61.11

 

2.22

2.96

 

Age

   

0.218

  

0.053

  

0.347

  

0.055

 55–64 years

288

222

77.08

 

2.94

3.13

 

171

59.38

 

1.82

2.49

 

 65–74 years

288

234

81.25

 

3.45

3.37

 

182

63.19

 

2.34

3.02

 

Residence

   

0.305

  

0.907

  

0.008

  

< 0.001

 Urban

288

233

80.90

 

3.15

3.17

 

161

55.90

 

1.67

2.56

 

 Rural

288

223

77.43

 

3.24

3.34

 

192

66.67

 

2.49

2.93

 

Education level c

   

0.241

  

0.003

  

0.002

  

< 0.001

  ≤ 6 years

333

271

81.38

 

3.57

3.40

 

218

65.47

 

2.48

3.07

 

  > 6, ≤9 years

135

105

77.78

 

2.97

3.34

 

85

62.96

 

1.81

2.43

 

  >  9 years

108

80

74.07

 

2.31

2.42

 

50

46.30

 

1.17

1.84

 

Sweet consumption d

   

0.029

  

0.067

  

0.569

  

0.582

 Never/rarely

458

354

77.29

 

3.09

3.22

 

278

60.70

 

2.04

2.71

 

 Often

118

102

86.44

 

3.61

3.37

 

75

63.56

 

2.24

3.05

 

Smoking status

   

0.007

  

< 0.001

  

0.679

  

0.227

 Never smoked

416

343

82.45

 

3.51

3.36

 

259

62.26

 

2.20

2.85

 

  ≤ 10 cigarettes/day

44

30

68.18

 

2.66

3.12

 

27

61.36

 

2.09

3.13

 

  > 10 cigarettes/day

116

83

71.55

 

2.25

2.69

 

67

57.76

 

1.63

2.31

 

Alcohol consumption e

   

0.019

  

0.002

  

0.039

  

0.008

 Never/rarely

414

338

81.64

 

3.42

3.37

 

263

63.53

 

2.21

2.88

 

 Sometimes

113

86

76.11

 

3.04

3.15

 

68

60.18

 

2.06

2.76

 

 Often

49

32

65.31

 

1.69

1.81

 

22

44.90

 

0.96

1.41

 

Household income f

   

0.422

  

0.309

  

0.222

  

0.027

 Low

108

82

75.93

 

3.30

3.59

 

66

61.11

 

2.41

3.07

 

 Medium

293

229

78.16

 

3.02

3.15

 

186

63.48

 

1.94

2.60

 

 High

118

96

81.36

 

3.28

3.21

 

63

53.39

 

1.69

2.63

 

 Refuse to disclose

57

49

85.96

 

3.72

3.26

 

38

66.67

 

2.95

3.18

 
  1. a. %: equals to n/N*100
  2. b. SD: Standard deviation
  3. c. Education level was divided by years at school. 6 years: primary school, 9 years: junior high school, > 9 years: more than junior high school.
  4. d. Sweet consumption: rarely/sometimes means less than once daily; often means once daily or more.
  5. e. Alcohol consumption (Chinese Baijiu): never; sometimes means less than once weekly; often means once weekly or more.
  6. f. Household income was classified by quartiles. Low means within quartile 1, medium means from quartile 1 to quartile 3, and high means beyond quartile 3.