Cross-Sectional Association between the Number of Missing Teeth and Cardiovascular Disease among Adults Aged 50 or Older: BRFSS 2010
Table 1
Characteristics of the 275,424 study participants according to the number of missing teeth in the behavioral risk factor surveillance system, 2010 (, weighted%).
No missing teeth
1–5 missing teeth
6 or more, but not all missing teeth
All teeth missing
Chi-square value
wt%
wt%
wt%
wt%
Participants
90023
35.2
97745
36.5
53718
18.4
33938
9.9
Cardiovascular disease
7063
2.6
11828
4.3
10415
3.5
8484
2.5
No CV disease
82960
32.6
85917
32.2
43303
14.8
25454
7.4
Female
57151
19.2
59852
18.9
33411
10.0
22212
5.7
Male
32872
16.0
37893
17.6
20307
8.4
11726
4.2
NHW
78872
29.6
80194
27.5
41231
13.0
26916
7.4
NHB
2801
1.4
6681
3.3
6265
2.6
3256
1.2
Hispanic
3786
2.7
5494
3.9
2844
1.7
1519
0.7
Other
3568
1.6
4213
1.8
2640
1.0
1602
0.5
50–59
40555
19.5
32666
15.9
12544
5.5
5134
2.0
60–69
28650
9.5
33429
11.3
17770
5.8
10105
2.9
70 and above
20818
6.3
31650
9.4
23404
7.0
18699
4.9
Less than HS
3256
1.5
6410
3.0
7948
2.9
9144
2.7
High school
18957
6.9
30798
10.7
21178
6.9
14550
4.2
Some college
23365
8.6
27670
10.1
14392
4.8
7114
2.0
College
44260
18.3
32687
12.8
10085
3.8
3024
1.0
<$15,000
4491
1.8
8227
3.3
9201
3.2
8061
2.4
$15K to <$25K
8981
3.3
15069
5.6
12457
4.5
9741
3.2
$25K to <$35K
7836
2.9
11872
4.4
7428
2.9
4162
1.5
$35K to <$50K
12131
4.8
14988
6.0
7216
3.0
3207
1.2
$50K+
44262
22.7
33898
17.3
9896
4.9
2866
1.2
Dental visit
74667
29.4
76174
28.2
33882
11.6
7042
2.3
No dental visit
15199
5.9
21411
8.4
19649
6.7
26185
7.5
Smoker
7046
2.8
11504
4.6
10440
3.8
8225
2.6
Past smoker
28202
11.0
35200
13.3
22432
7.8
14490
4.2
Never smoker
54127
21.4
50472
18.7
20526
6.8
11019
3.1
Diabetes
11415
4.4
17373
6.6
13382
4.8
9573
2.8
No diabetes
78542
30.8
80289
29.9
40285
13.6
24319
7.0
PA
71328
28.3
71300
26.9
33562
11.6
18410
5.4
No PA
18606
7.0
26320
9.7
20079
6.7
15461
4.5
BMI < 25
32816
12.5
29891
10.9
15293
5.1
10711
3.1
BMI 25 to <30
33171
14.0
36594
14.6
19239
6.9
11785
3.7
BMI 30+
20434
8.6
27587
11.0
17416
6.4
10172
3.1
NHW: non-Hispanic White; NHB: non-Hispanic Black; HS: high school; K: 1000; Dental visit: dental visit within the year; PA: physical activity; BMI: body mass index.