Table 1 Associations between the characteristics of the participants and locomotive syndrome
From: Association between oral health and locomotive syndrome: a cross-sectional study in Japanese adults
Variable | Locomotive syndrome | P–value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Absence (N = 2032) | Presence (N = 856) | ||
Mean (SD) | |||
Age | 58.96 (6.88) | 62.98 (8.72) | < 0.001 |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 23.40 (3.17) | 23.86 (3.62) | < 0.001 |
Bone mineral density | 2.65 (0.31) | 2.59 (0.32) | < 0.001 |
N (%) | |||
Sex | |||
Men | 1535 (75.5) | 563 (65.8) | < 0.001 |
Women | 497 (24.5) | 293 (34.2) | |
Smoking status | |||
Never | 942 (46.4) | 424 (49.5) | 0.088 |
Past | 688 (33.9) | 281 (32.8) | |
Current | 402 (19.8) | 151 (17.6) | |
Drinking habit | |||
No | 565 (27.8) | 307 (35.9) | < 0.001 |
Sometimes | 689 (33.9) | 276 (32.2) | |
Everyday | 778 (38.3) | 273 (31.9) | |
Exercise habit | |||
Yes | 571 (28.1) | 193 (22.5) | 0.002 |
No | 1461 (71.9) | 663 (77.5) | |
Walking speed | |||
Fast | 804 (39.6) | 217 (25.4) | < 0.001 |
Slow | 1228 (60.4) | 639 (74.6) | |
Stroke (past history) | |||
No | 2004 (98.6) | 841 (98.2) | 0.448 |
Yes | 28 (1.4) | 15 (1.8) | |
Metabolic syndrome | |||
No | 1349 (66.4) | 509 (59.5) | < 0.001 |
Pre-metabolic syndrome | 311 (15.3) | 136 (15.9) | |
Metabolic syndrome | 372 (18.3) | 211 (24.6) | |
Chewing function | |||
Good | 1799 (88.5) | 686 (80.1) | < 0.001 |
Poor | 233 (11.5) | 170 (19.9) | |
Number of teeth | |||
28 teeth | 788 (38.8) | 260 (30.4) | < 0.001 |
20–27 teeth | 1158 (57.0) | 517 (60.4) | |
0–19 teeth | 86 (4.2) | 79 (9.2) | |