The impact of dental status on perceived ability to eat certain foods and nutrient intakes in older adults: cross-sectional analysis of the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey 2008–2014

Table 1 Characteristics of community-dwelling ≥65 year olds according to dental status

Characteristic	Total		DEN		D-DEN		E-DEN
Characteristic	n = 1053		n = 456		n = 305		n = 292
Socio-demographics	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	P^b
Female	621	59	247	54	191	63	183	63	0.021
Age (yrs.)
65–74	613	58	313	69	175	57	125	43
75+	440	42	143	31	130	43	167	57	< 0.001
SES^a
High	346	33	186	41	110	36	50	17
Medium	234	23	107	24	71	23	65	22
Low	464	44	163	36	124	41	177	61	< 0.001
Living alone	521	50	190	42	163	53	168	58	< 0.001
Anthropometry	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	P^c
Height cm (n = 933)	163.33	9.17	164.64	9.02	162.78	8.75	161.71	9.57	< 0.001
Weight kg [n = 959)	75.25	15.87	75.61	15.39	74.63	14.17	75.33	18.23	0.725
BMI kg/m² (n = 918)	28.23	5.10	27.93	4.71	28.14	4.75	28.81	6.00	0.099
Waist circumference cm (n = 756)	97.29	14.05	96.48	14.16	97.02	12.64	99.03	15.22	0.119
Health behaviours	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	P^b
Smoking status
Current cigarette smoker	116	11	39	9	34	11	43	15
Ex-regular cigarette smoker	396	38	151	33	123	40	122	42
Never regularly smoked cigarettes	541	51	266	58	148	49	127	44	0.001
Takes a nutritional supplement	363	35	174	38	102	33	87	30	0.057

SES, socio-economic status. ^aSES was determined based on the National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification System (NSSEC) of the household reference person: High SES includes higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations; medium SES includes intermediate occupations; low SES includes routine and manual occupations. Categorical data are presented as frequencies (%), and continuous data are presented as mean (SD). Significant differences between DEN, D-DEN & E-DEN groups for categorical data were analysed using ^bChi² test, and for continuous data ^cANOVA tests were used

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