Table 1 Comparison of baseline characteristics between the study groups with and without periodontal disease.

From: Periodontal disease does not increase the risk of subsequent psoriasis

 

Without periodontal disease (n = 3,637,128)

With periodontal disease (n = 3,682,468)

p-value

Mean age ± SD, years

40.22 ± 13.00

41.83 ± 12.42

 < 0.0001

Sex, male, n (%)

1,989,752 (54.71)

2,353,664 (63.92)

 < 0.0001

Smoking, ever smoker, n (%)

1,245,860 (34.25)

1,616,190 (43.89)

 < 0.0001

Diabetes, n (%)

155,069 (4.26)

179,172 (4.87)

 < 0.0001

Obesity, n (%)

89,388 (2.46)

112,866 (3.06)

 < 0.0001

Heavy alcohol consumption, yes, n(%)

249,742 (6.87)

360,572 (9.79)

 < 0.0001

Hypertension, n (%)

310,404 (8.53)

347,109 (9.43)

 < 0.0001

  1. SD standard deviation.