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Table 1 Characteristics of the adults. State of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2015

From: Is reduced dentition with and without dental prosthesis associated with oral health-related quality of life? A cross-sectional study

Covariates

Total sample

n

Frequencya

Personal characteristics and socioeconomic conditions

 Sex

  Male

1862

30.7 (27.5, 33.1)

  Female

3891

69.3 (65.9, 72.5)

 Race/Skin color

  White

3571

60.4 (56.1, 64.5)

  Brown

1672

30.3 (26.9,33.8)

  Black

445

8.4 (6.9, 10.1)

  Others

65

0.9 (0.6, 1.5)

 Age group

  35,39

2970

51.8 (49.7, 53.9)

  40,44

2783

48.2 (46.1, 50.3)

 Income

   > USD$ 658,00

1273

22.6 (19.4, 26.2)

  USD$ 132,00 to 657,00

3635

70.5 (67.1, 73.8)

   < USD$ 131,00

274

6.85 (5.41, 8.65)

 Education (Years of study) b

   > 11

2630

46.3 (42.3, 50.4)

  8–10

1153

21.5 (19.1, 24.2)

  4–7

1368

25.4 (21.9, 29.2)

   < 4 years

395

6.8 (5.55, 8.25)

Health services

 Time since last dentist visit

   < 12 months

3146

52.3 (48.7, 55.8)

  1–2 years

1451

26.5 (24.3, 28.9)

   > 2 years

993

20.6 (17.4, 24.3)

  Has not visited

52

0.5 (0.3, 0.9)

Dental conditions

 DMFT

  0–10

1261

24.1 (21.3, 27.1)

  11–20

3122

52.9 (50.5, 55.3)

   > 21

1370

23.1 (20.9, 25.4)

 Untreated caries

  0

2554

41.6 (38.1, 45.3)

  1–3

2035

36.5 (34.6, 38.4)

  4–6

684

13.5 (11.3, 16.1)

   > 7

103

8.4 (6.8, 10.3)

 Bleeding on probingb

  No

3222

55.8 (51.7, 59.8)

  Yes

2419

44.2 (40.2, 48.3)

 Dental calculusb

  No

2480

42.7 (38.9, 46.5)

  Yes

3161

57.3 (53.5, 61.0)

 Presence of periodontal pocketsb

  No

4175

73.2 (68.7, 77.2)

  Shallow pockets

1212

22.4 (18.8, 26.6)

  Deep pockets

254

4.4 (3.4, 5.6)

Symptoms status

 Dental painb

  No

3897

67.6 (64.6, 70.4)

  Yes

1808

32.4 (29.6, 35.4)

Capital Social

 Probability of cooperationb

  Much or relatively likely

4122

69.8 (66.2, 73.3)

  Neither likely nor unlikely

598

13.0 (9.2, 18.0)

  Much or relatively unlikely

1031

17.2 (14.5, 20.2)

 Feeling of safe

  Much or relatively safe

3368

57.1 (51.5, 62.6)

  Neither safe nor unsafe

684

12.1 (10.1, 14.3)

  Much or relatively unsafe

1699

30.8 (25.4, 37.2)

 Self-perception of happiness

  Much or relatively happy

5026

86.9 (84.6, 89.0)

  Neither help nor unhappy

457

7.9 (6.4, 9.6)

  Much or relatively unhappy

263

5.2 (4.3, 6.3)

Oral health perception

 Self-perception of need of dental treatment

  No

1169

81.77 (79.4, 83.9)

  Yes

4534

18.23 (16.1, 20.6)

 Self-perception of need of dental prosthesis

  No

4796

16.3 (13.1, 20.0)

  Yes

755

83.7 (79.9, 86.9)

  1. aProportion (and 95% confidence intervals) of individuals regarding studied variables; estimates considered weighting and complex sampling design. bThe following variables have missing values: Education: 207 missing values; Bleeding on probing, Presence of calculus and Presence of periodontal pocket: 112 missing values; Dental pain: 48 missing values; Probability of cooperation: 2 missing values; Feeling of safe: 2 missing values; Self-perception of happiness: 7 missing values; Self-perception of need of dental treatment: 50 missing values; Self-perception of need of dental prosthesis: 202 missing values