Clinical Study
Oral Tori in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of hemodialysis patients with or without oral tori formation (n = 119).
| Variable | All patients (n = 119) | Patients with oral tori (n = 40) | Patients without oral tori (n = 79) | value |
| Age, year | 59.8 ± 14.7 | 60.0 ± 13.2 | 59.7 ± 15.5 | 0.905 | Male sex, (%) | 60 (50.4) | 18 (45.0) | 42 (53.2) | 0.400 | Body mass index, kg/m2 | 22.3 ± 3.4 | 22.7 ± 3.7 | 22.1 ± 3.2 | 0.360 | Diabetes mellitus, (%) | 47 (39.5) | 19 (47.5) | 28 (35.4) | 0.204 | Hypertension, (%) | 66 (55.5) | 23 (57.5) | 43 (54.4) | 0.750 | Smoking habit, (%) | 27 (22.7) | 8 (20) | 19 (24.1) | 0.618 | Alcohol consumption, (%) | 20 (16.8) | 5 (12.5) | 15 (19.0) | 0.371 |
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