Clinical Study
Qat Chewing as an Independent Risk Factor for Periodontitis: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Demographic data, oral hygiene, education level, and smoking status of both study groups.
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| | Age group | | | | | | 20–24 y | 99 (19.8%) | 62 (15.5%) | 37 (37%) | | | 25–29 y | 125 (25.0%) | 106 (26.5%) | 19 (19%) | | | 30–34 y | 82 (16.4%) | 68 (17.0%) | 14 (14%) | <0.0001 | | 35–39 y | 76 (15.2%) | 65 (16.2%) | 11 (11%) | | 40–44 y | 65 (13.0%) | 58 (14.5%) | 7 (7%) | | 45–50 y | 53 (10.6%) | 41 (10.3%) | 12 (12%) | | | Gender | | | | | | Male | 372 (74.4%) | 334 (83.5%) | 38 (38%) | <0.0001 | | Female | 128 (25.6%) | 66 (16.5%) | 62 (62%) | | Educational status | | | | | | Illiterate | 89 (17.8%) | 66 (16.5%) | 23 (23%) | | | Primary | 316 (63.2%) | 248 (62.0%) | 68 (68%) | 0.011 | | High | 95 (19.0%) | 86 (21.5%) | 9 (9%) | | | Oral hygiene status | | | | | | Good | 49 (9.8%) | 28 (7.0%) | 21 (21%) | | | Fair | 169 (33.8%) | 123 (30.8%) | 46 (46%) | <0.0001 | | Poor | 282 (56.4%) | 249 (62.2%) | 33 (33%) | | | Smoking status | | | | | | Smokers | 174 (34.8%) | 169 (42.3%) | 5 (5%) | <0.0001 | | Nonsmokers | 326 (65.2%) | 231 (57.7%) | 95 (95%) | |
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Chi-square test.
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