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Table 1 Participants ‘characteristics, PAQUID oral sub-study (n = 87), France, 2014

From: The association between oral health and nutritional status in older adults: a cross-sectional study

 

Total

Normal nutritional status (n = 64)

Malnutrition or at risk

(n = 23)

Variables

N/Mean

(%)/(sd)

N/Mean

(%)/(sd)

N/Mean

(%)/(sd)

Age (years), mean (sd)

94.1

(3.0)

94.0

(3.0)

94.5

(3.0)

Females (vs. Males)

65

(74.7)

44

(68.8)

21

(91.3)

Higher school level (vs. No)

73

(83.9)

54

(84.4)

19

(82.6)

Living alone (vs. No),

44

(50.6)

33

(51.6)

11

(47.8)

Institutionalized (vs. living at home)

23

(26.4)

12

(18.8)

11

(47.8)

Dementia (vs. No)

24

(27.9)

17

(27.0)

7

(30.4)

Number of medications per day, mean (sd)

6.8

(3.1)

6.3

(3.0)

8.2

(2.8)

Psychotropic intake (vs. No)

35

(40.2)

24

(37.5)

11

(47.8)

Presence of comorbidities* (vs. No)

62

(71.2)

46

(71.9)

16

(69.6)

Hierarchical disability scale

      

  No or mild dependency

21

(24.1)

19

(29.7)

1

(8.7)

  Moderate dependency

35

(40.2)

27

(42.1)

8

(34.8)

  Severe dependency

31

(35.7)

18

(28.1)

13

(56.5)

DMFT index > 19 (vs. ≤ 19), n (%)

76

(87.4)

57

(89.1)

19

(82.6)

Posterior occluding pairs, mean (sd)

1.5

(2.3)

1.8

(2.5)

0.6

(1.1)

Oral pain (vs. No), n (%)

6

(6.9)

5

(7.8)

1

(4.3)

Xerostomia (vs. No), n (%)

21

(24.1)

9

(14.1)

12

(52.1)

Prosthetic rehabilitation, n (%)

      

  No tooth loss or adequate dentures

7

(8.1)

6

(9.4)

1

(4.3)

  Inadequate dentures

41

(47.1)

31

(48.4)

10

(43.5)

  No dentures despite tooth loss

39

(44.8)

27

(42.2)

12

(52.2)

  1. DMFT Decayed-Missing-Filled Teeth index. Sd Standard deviation. MNA Mini Nutritional Assessment