Table 2 Differential analysis of having less than 20 natural teeth rates among Chinese older adults with different sociodemographic characteristics, health behavior habits and Multimorbidity.
Variable | n(%) (N = 3640) | Proportion of having less than 20 natural teeth (%) | χ2 | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sociodemographic characteristics | Gender | Male | 1807(49.64) | 56.50 | 4.60 | 0.03 |
Female | 1833(50.36) | 60.01 | ||||
Age | 60 ≤ Age < 75 | 2126(58.41) | 47.32 | 252.06 | < 0.001 | |
75 ≤ Age < 90 | 1514(41.59) | 73.65 | ||||
Education level | No education | 1116(30.66) | 68.46 | 100.24 | < 0.001 | |
Primary to junior high school | 2047(56.24) | 56.42 | ||||
High school and above | 477(13.10) | 42.35 | ||||
Source of income | Sufficient | 3123(85.80) | 57.41 | 6.63 | 0.01 | |
Insufficient | 517(14.20) | 63.44 | ||||
Marital status | Married and living with spouse | 2396(65.82) | 53.80 | 62.06 | < 0.001 | |
Married but not living with spouse | 71(1.95) | 54.93 | ||||
Divorced or widowed or never married | 1173(32.23) | 67.60 | ||||
Health behavior habits | Room condition | Musty | 507(13.93) | 63.12 | 5.69 | 0.02 |
Not musty | 3133(86.07) | 57.48 | ||||
Ventilation condition | Not ventilated | 301(8.27) | 62.13 | 2.01 | 0.16 | |
Ventilated | 3339(91.73) | 57.92 | ||||
Staple food | Rice | 2206(60.60) | 57.75 | 3.48 | 0.18 | |
Flour | 627(17.23) | 61.56 | ||||
Other | 807(22.17) | 57.13 | ||||
Frequency of fruit intake | Daily | 870(23.90) | 51.38 | 36.08 | < 0.001 | |
Often | 2012(55.27) | 58.30 | ||||
Sometimes or rarely | 758(20.82) | 66.09 | ||||
Frequency of vegetable intake | Daily | 2635(72.39) | 55.83 | 31.61 | < 0.001 | |
Often | 951(26.13) | 63.62 | ||||
Sometimes or rarely | 54(1.48) | 83.33 | ||||
Main taste preference | Light | 2589(71.13) | 57.78 | 0.94 | 0.63 | |
Salty | 789(21.68) | 59.70 | ||||
Others | 262(7.20) | 58.78 | ||||
Smoking | Yes | 707(19.42) | 58.27 | 0.00 | 1.00 | |
No | 2933(80.58) | 58.27 | ||||
Alcohol consumption | Yes | 666(18.30) | 53.60 | 7.30 | 0.01 | |
No | 2974(81.70) | 59.31 | ||||
Exercise | Yes | 1497(41.13) | 53.44 | 24.39 | < 0.001 | |
No | 2143(58.87) | 61.64 | ||||
Ability to perform daily activities | Severely limited | 155(4.26) | 62.58 | 31.20 | < 0.001 | |
Somewhat limited | 599(16.46) | 68.11 | ||||
Not limited | 2886(79.29) | 55.99 | ||||
Medical expenses in the past year | Less than 1000 yuan | 2095(57.55) | 57.71 | 0.64 | 0.43 | |
1000 yuan and above | 1545(42.45) | 59.03 | ||||
Annual physical examinations | Yes | 2929(80.47) | 57.66 | 2.25 | 0.13 | |
No | 711(19.53) | 60.76 | ||||
Frequency of brushing teeth | Never | 333(9.15) | 86.79 | 132.05 | < 0.001 | |
Occasionally | 2114(58.08) | 57.38 | ||||
Often | 1193(32.77) | 51.89 | ||||
Toothache in the past six months | Yes | 841(23.10) | 53.51 | 10.20 | 0.00 | |
No | 2799(76.90) | 59.70 | ||||
BMI | 18.5 ≤ BMI < 24 | 1834(50.38) | 61.23 | 40.82 | < 0.001 | |
BMI < 18.5 | 327(8.98) | 71.25 | ||||
BMI ≥ 24 | 1479(40.63) | 52.40 | ||||
Multimorbidity | Number of chronic diseases | No chronic disease | 2608(71.65) | 55.90 | 21.20 | < 0.001 |
Only one chronic disease | 779(21.40) | 64.44 | ||||
Multimorbidity | 253(6.95) | 63.64 | ||||
