Research Article
Association between Periodontal Disease and Comorbidities in Saudi’s Eastern Province
Table 1
Sample demographics and oral health characteristics (
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| Variables | Frequency, (%) |
| Age | 18-25 years | 30 (15.8) | 26-50 years | 112 (58.9) | >50 years | 48 (25.3) |
| Gender | Males | 56 (29.5) | Females | 134 (70.5) |
| Nationality | Saudi | 61 (67.9) | Non-Saudi | 60 (32.1) |
| Smoking | Yes | 33 (17.4) | No | 157 (82.6) |
| Comorbidities | DM | 31 (16.3) | HTN | 29 (15.3) | DM & HTN | 17 (8.9) | DM & hyperlipidemia | 8 (4.2) | DM & CHD | 3 (1.6) | HTN & hyperlipidemia | 7 (3.7) | DM & CHD | 3 (1.6) |
| No. of missing teeth | 0 to 2 | 15 (7.9) | 3-5 | 81 (42.6) | >5 | 94 (49.5) |
| BOP (%) | 1%-10% | 43 (22.6) | 11-30% | 95 (50.0) | >30% | 52 (27.4) |
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