The Predictive Role of Tooth Extractions, Oral Infections, and hs-C-Reactive Protein for Mortality in Individuals with and without Diabetes: A Prospective Cohort Study of a 12 1/2-Year Follow-Up
Table 1
Baseline characteristics among persons according to diabetes status. A 12 1/2-year follow-up of Oslo men of the Oslo II study of 2000.
Risk factor
Diabetes
Nondiabetes
Mean (SD) or n (%)
Mean (SD) or n (%)
Oral health
Total number of extractions, n mean (SD)
5.46 (8.36)
4.11 (6.78)
Total number of tooth extractions by group, n, test of trend
1 = 0-1
179 (42.1)
2747 (45.7)
2 = 2–4
111 (26.1)
1815 (30.2)
3 = 5–8
58 (13.6)
731 (12.2)
4 = 9–31
60 (14.1)
572 (9.5)
5 = 32
17 (4.0)
144 (2.4)
Tooth extraction by infection (TE), n (%)
267 (62.8)
3350 (55.7)
Periodontitis (PI), n (%)
49 (12.5)
342 (6.0)
TE and PI combined (OI), n (%)
280 (65.9)
3510 (58.4)
Medication
Antihypertensive drugs, n (%)
196 (54.3)
1507 (28.0)
Cholesterol-reducing drugs, n (%)
113 (33.0)
899 (17.0)
Take insulin, n (%)
342 (80.5)
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Glucose-reducing drugs, n (%)
222 (52.2)
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General measurements
Age in 2000, years mean (SD)
70.4 (4.7)
69.2 (6.3)
Glucose, nonfasting, mmol/l mean (SD)
9.72 (4.0)
5.6 (1.2)
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg mean (SD)
149.7 (22.6)
144.0 (20.2)
BMI, Kg/mm2 mean (SD)
27.8 (3.8)
26.2 (3.3)
Total cholesterol, mmol/l mean (SD)
5.4 (1.1)
6.0 (1.1)
Triglycerides, mmol/l mean (SD)
2.3 (1.3)
1.9 (1.1)
HDL, mmol/l mean (SD)
1.3 (0.4)
1.4 (0.4)
hs-CRP, mmol/l mean (SD) n diabetes 331, nondiabetes 4662
4.5 (9.3)
3.5 (9.0)
Alcohol drinking, 4–7 times per week, n (%)
309 (72.7)
3792 (63.1)
Daily smoking, n (%)
77 (18.1)
1247 (20.8)
Level of education, 1–12 mean (SD)
11.7 (3.6)
12.2 (3.4)
Health service use
Visit to the dentist in the last 12 months
None
68 (17.1)
796 (13.6)
1–3 times
290 (72.9)
4630 (79.4)
4 or more times
40 (10.1)
406 (7.0)
Visit to a general practitioner in the last 12 months
