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Table 1 Sociodemographic factors and oral complaints

From: Oral findings in chronic kidney disease: implications for management in developing countries

Characteristics

All

CKD

Controls

p value

n = 180

n = 90

n = 90

Average age (SD)

47.73 (16.1)

50.39 (15.3)

45.18 (16.5)

 

Sex

    

Male

108 (60)

63 (58)

45 (42)

 

Female

72 (40

27 (37.5)

45 (62.5)

<0.001*

Ethnicity

    

Yoruba

 

87 (96.7)

82 (91.1)

 

Hausa

 

1 (1.1)

1 (1.1)

 

Ibo

 

7 (7.8)

2 (2.2)

0.064

Oral lesions [n (%)]

    

Present

102 (56.7)

87 (96.7)

15 (16.7)

 

Absent

78 (43.3

3 (3.3)

75 (83.3)

<0.001*

Burning mouth [n (%)]

16 (8.9)

   

Present

 

16 (18)

0 (0)

<0.001*

Absent

 

74 (82)

90 (100)

 

Abnormal taste [n (%)]

24 (13.3)

   

Present

 

23 (26)

1 (1)

<0.001*

Absent

 

67 (74)

89 (99)

 

Bleeding gums [n (%)]

22 (12)

   

Present

 

21 (23)

1 (1)

 

Absent

 

69 (77)

89 (99)

<0.001*

Halitosis

12 (7)

   

Present

 

11(12)

1 (1)

 

Absent

 

79(88)

89 (99)

0.005

Xerostomia

13 (7.2)

   

Present

 

11 (2)

2(2)

 

Absent

 

79 (88)

88 (98)

0.018

  1. Fisher’s exact, *statistically significant.