Research Article

Periodontal Disease in the Brazilian Population: A Retrospective Analysis on the 2013 National Health Survey to Identifying Risk Profiles

Table 4

Bivariate analysis between periodontal disease frequency and sociodemographic and individual characteristics.

VariablePeriodontal risk levelCrude ORIC (95%)-value
LowMediumHighTotalLowerUp
n (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)

Sex
 Male5134 (28.31)3315 (18.28)9683 (53.40)18132 (42.44)0.001
 Female6118 (24.87)6658 (27.07)11820 (48.06)24596 (57.56)0.450.890.96

Age (years)
 18 to 243056 (49.91)794 (12.97)2273 (37.12)0.210.20.230.001
 25 to 395383 (30.50)4099 (23.22)8170 (46.28)0.410.380.440.001
 40 to 592366 (16.28)3999 (27.51)8171 (56.71)0.680.640.730.001
 Over 60447 (10.12)1081 (24.47)2889 (65.41)

Level education
 Incomplete middle school degree2058 (16.29)1589 (12.66)8975 (71.05)
 Middle school degree1878 (27.61)1256 (18.47)3667 (53.92)0.460.440.490.001
 High school degree5132 (31.71)4269 (26.37)6785 (41.92)0.310.30.330.001
 College degree2184 (30.72)2849 (40.08)2076 (29.20)0.240.230.260.001

Ethnicity
 Black955 (23.88)746 (18.65)2299 (57.48)4000 (9.39)
 White4823 (27.45)5102 (29.03)7648 (43.52)17573 (41.13)0.650.610.690.001
 Brown5273 (25.74)3964 (19.35)11251 (54.92)20488 (47.95)0.90.840.960.001
 Others201 (30.13)161 (24.14)305 (45.73)667 (1.56)0.650.560.760.001

Regions
 Northeast3092 (23.94)2360 (18.27)7465 (57.79)12917 (30.23)
 Southeast2932 (27.62)2958 (27.86)4727 (44.52)10617 (24.85)0.660.630.690.001
 South1476 (27.54)1654 (30.86)2230 (41.60)5360 (12.54)0.610.580.650.001
 Midwest1500 (27.70)1490 (27.52)2425 (44.78)5415 (12.67)0.660.620.70.001
 North2252 (26.75)1511 (17.95)4656 (55.30)8419 (19.70)0.890.840.930.001

Self-perception of oral health
 Satisfactory8565 (29.27)7862 (26.86)12840 (43.87)29267 (68.50)0.470.450.490.001
 Unsatisfactory2687 (19.96)2111 (15.68)8663 (64.36)13461 (31.50)