Assessment of the Effect of Oral Health on Quality of Life and Oral-Health Indicators among ESRD Patients in Southwest Florida: A Pilot Study

Table 3

Mean and standard deviations of decayed, missing, filled teeth index, CPI, and saliva PH across demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants and number and percentage (in parentheses) of edentate patients followed by the total number (n) of participants in that category.

Variable	Decayed (T)	Missing (T)	Filled (T)	CPI	Saliva pH	Edentulousness
Gender
Male	1.7 (3.4)	12.0 (11.1)	3.6 (4.8)	1.8 (1.0)	6.9 (1.1)	9 (22.0) (41)
Female	1.4 (1.9)	9.5 (9.6)	1.9 (3.8)	1.7 (1.0)	6.8 (0.9)	3 (11.5) (26)
Race/ethnicity
White	2.2 (3.8)	12.1 (10.0)	4.8 (5.3)	1.9 (1.2)	7.0 (1.2)	5 (15.6) (32)
Black	0.8 (1.5)	11.0 (11.5)	1.0 (2.2)	2.0 (0.8)	7.0 (0.8)	6 (21.4) (28)
Hispanic	1.6 (1.9)	7.0 (8.9)	2.8 (4.0)	1.6 (1.1)	6.5 (1.0)	0 (0) (8)
Age groups
≤65 years	1.6 (3.0)	9.1 (10.6)	2.1 (3.1)	2.0 (1.1)	6.8 (0.9)	4 (13.3) (30)
≥66 years	1.5 (2.8)	12.6 (10.3)	3.8 (5.3)	1.7 (1.0)	7.0 (1.1)	7 (19.0) (37)
Diabetes
Yes	1.5 (2.3)	12.4 (11.2)	3.1 (4.5)	1.9 (1.0)	6.8 (1.1)	7 (19.4) (36)
No	1.6 (3.4)	10.2 (10.1)	2.9 (4.5)	1.9 (1.0)	7.0 (1.0)	5 (15.2) (33)
Years on dialysis
≤3 years	1.5 (2.8)	12.8 (11.1)	2.8 (4.6)	1.8 (1.0)	7.0 (1.0)	8 (20) (40)
>3 years	1.7 (3.0)	9.3 (9.9)	3.2 (4.4)	2.0 (1.0)	6.8 (1.1)	4 (13.8) (29)
Overall	1.5 (2.9)	11.3 (10.7)	3.0 (4.5)	1.9 (1.0)	6.9 (1.0)	12 (17.1) (70)