Research Article
The Effect of Number of Teeth and Chewing Ability on Cognitive Function of Elderly in UAE: A Pilot Study
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of the subjects.
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| Control | Low SMMSE score | Pearson’s | value | | |
| Age | | | −0.277 | | Gender | | | | | Male | 11 (57.9) | 14 (45.2) | 0.124 | | Female | 8 (42.1) | 17 (54.8) | Nationality | | | | | UAE | 4 (16.0) | 21 (84.0) | −0.453 | | Expatriate | 15 (60.0) | 10 (40.0) | Education | | | | | Uneducated | 3 (10.3) | 24 (16.7) | 0.600 | | Educated | 16 (8.7) | 1 7 (14.3) | Health | | | | | Hypertension | 7 (30.4) | 16 (69.6) | −0.144 | | Diabetes | 7 (29.2) | 17 (70.8) | −0.175 | | Smoking | | | | | Nonsmoker | 4 (21.1) | 15 (16.0) | 0.108 | | Smoker | 4 (5.0) | 27 (26.0) |
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SMMSE: Standardized mini-mental state examination; Square, as no., %; -Test, as mean, standard deviation.
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