Research Article
Oral Health Knowledge and Behaviors among Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes
Table 1
Select characteristics of participants.
| | Adolescents with type 1 diabetes () |
| | Demographic characteristics | % | () |
| | Sex | | | | Male | 59.6 | (53) | | Female | 40.4 | (36) | | Race | | | | White/Caucasian | 95.4 | (83) | | Other | 4.6 | (4) | | Ethnic origin | | | | Hispanic | 11.5 | (9) | | Non-Hispanic | 88.5 | (69) | | Dental insurance status | | | | Yes | 86.5 | (77) | | No | 7.9 | (7) | | Do not know | 5.6 | (5) |
| | Clinical characteristics | Mean | (SD) |
| | Age | 14.9 | (1.9) | | No. of years since diabetes diagnosis | 8.4 | (2.9) | | Body mass index z score (BMIz) | 0.53 | (0.8) | | Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1C) | 8.9 | (1.5) |
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