The Effect of Number of Teeth and Chewing Ability on Cognitive Function of Elderly in UAE: A Pilot Study

Table 2

Summary statistics of oral health variables and SMMSE scores.

	Control	Low SMMSE score	Pearson’s  r	value
	Teeth remaining
(0–10)	3 (13.6)	19 (86.4)	0.465
(11–21)	5 (45.5)	6 (54.5)
(22–32)	11 (64.7)	6 (35.3)
Chewing ability
Competent	13 (52.4)	11 (45.8)	0.320
Impaired	6 (23.1)	20 (76.9)
Denture
Present	2 (28.6)	5 (71.4)	0.078
Absent	17 (39.5)	26 (60.5)

SMMSE: Standardized mini-mental state examination; Square, as no., %.