Research Article
Life Satisfaction and Dental Visits in Adults Aged ≥50 Years and Living with Diabetes Mellitus: A Comparison between Urban and Rural Mexican
Table 1
Sample characteristics in adults ≥50 years in urban and rural with diabetes in Mexico (
).
| | Population | | Urban ()
(%) | Rural ()
(%) |
| | Age | | | | | 50–59 years | 567 (26.6) | 560 (38.2) | <0.001 | | 60–69 years | 659 (31.0) | 489 (33.4) | | | ≥70 years | 902 (42.4) | 415 (28.4) | | | Sex | | | | | Men | 799 (37.6) | 532 (36.3) | 0.461 | | Women | 1329 (62.4) | 932 (63.7) | | | Years of education | | | | | No education | 374 (17.6) | 126 (8.6) | <0.001 | | 1-9 years | 1533 (72.0) | 1001 (68.4) | | | ≥10 years | 221 (10.4) | 337 (23.0) | | | Smoking status | | | | | Never | 1476 (69.4) | 1025 (70.0) | 0.070 | | Current | 171 (8.0) | 143 (9.8) | | | Former smoker | 481 (22.6) | 296 (20.2) | | | Alcohol consumption | | | | | No | 1411 (66.3) | 926 (63.2) | 0.001 | | Yes | 427 (20.1) | 392 (26.8) | | | Never drank alcohol | 290 (13.6) | 146 (10.0) | | | In the last 12 months, how much effect do you think stress has had on your health? | | | | | Very much/something | 1391 (65.4) | 844 (57.6) | <0.001 | | Almost nothing/nothing | 737 (34.6) | 620 (42.4) | | | Life satisfaction (SWLS) | | | | | SWLS <9 | 1949 (65.0) | 348 (58.6) | 0.003 | | SWLS ≥9 | 1049 (35.0) | 246 (41.4) | | | Past-year dental visits | | | | | None | 1717 (57.3) | 411 (69.2) | <0.001 | | ≥1 | 1281 (42.7) | 183 (30.8) | |
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