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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: Cross-sectional study on the association of periodontitis with arterial hypertension in the Hamburg City Health Study

Periodontitis

None/mild

Moderate

Severe

p value

1453 (23.4)

3580 (57.7)

1176 (18.9)

Median [IQR] or n (%)

Socio-demographic characteristics

Sex = female

878 (60.5)

1814 (50.7)

460 (39.1)

< 0.001

Age (years)

59 [52, 66]

63 [55, 69]

66 [59, 71]

< 0.001

Education

   

< 0.001

 Low

43 (3.2)

151 (4.4)

55 (5)

 

 Medium

675 (48.4)

1711 (50.0)

605 (54.5)

 

 High

675 (48.4)

1559 (45.6)

450 (40.5)

 

Risk factors

BMI (kg/m2)

25.56 [23.03, 28.67]

26.02 [23.55, 29]

26.45 [24.14, 29.69]

< 0.001

Arterial hypertension = Yes

768 (54.9)

2265 (66.3)

810 (72.5)

< 0.001

Smoking

   

< 0.001

 Current

234 (16.2)

607 (17.1)

293 (25.1)

 

 Former

625 (43.2)

1581 (44.4)

550 (47)

 

 Never

588 (40.6)

1369 (38.5)

326 (27.9)

 

Diabetes mellitus = Yes

85 (6.2)

242 (7.4)

122 (11.3)

< 0.001

Alcohol intake (g/day)

9.33 [2.69, 21.52]

9.38 [2.7, 22.94]

10.44 [2.78, 26.41]

0.14

Blood values

Non-HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)

140 [115, 169]

143 [117, 171]

144 [114, 171]

0.19

hsCRP (mg/dL)

0.1 [0.06, 0.23]

0.11 [0.06, 0.25]

0.13 [0.07, 0.3]

< 0.001

Dental parameters

DMFT-Index

17 [14, 21]

19 [16, 23]

21 [17, 24.25]

< 0.001

BOP (%)

2.08 [0, 7.14]

8.33 [2.17, 9.23]

21.05 [9.26, 41.67]

< 0.001

Plaque index (%)

0 [0, 10.71]

8.81 [0, 27.78]

21.74 [5.77, 54.76]

< 0.001

  1. 6209 Participants with dental examination. Provided are number and percentage or median and interquartile range. Statistically significant: p < 0.05
  2. BMI body mass index, HDL high-density lipoprotein, hsCRP high sensitivity C-reactive protein, DMFT decayed, missing and filled teeth, BOP bleeding on probing