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 2
The percentage of adults ≥50 years who visited a dentist in the past year by urban and rural zone with diabetes in Mexico (
).
| | Past-year dental visits | | Urban population | Rural population | None ()
(%) | ≥1 ()
(%) | | None ()
(%) | ≥1 ()
(%) | |
| | Age | | | | | | | | 50–59 years | 444 (25.9) | 483 (37.7) | <0.001 | 123 (29.9) | 77 (42.1) | 0.004 | | 60–69 years | 522 (30.4) | 428 (33.4) | | 137 (33.3) | 61 (33.3) | | | ≥70 years | 751 (43.7) | 370 (28.9) | | 151 (36.8) | 45 (24.6) | | | Sex | | | | | | | | Men | 662 (38.6) | 476 (37.2) | 0.436 | 137 (33.3) | 56 (30.6) | 0.512 | | Women | 1055 (61.4) | 805 (62.8) | | 274 (66.7) | 127 (69.4) | | | Years of education | | | | | | | | No education | 261 (15.2) | 85 (6.6) | <0.001 | 113 (27.5) | 41 (22.4) | 0.001 | | 1-9 years | 1247 (72.6) | 877 (68.5) | | 286 (69.6) | 124 (67.8) | | | ≥10 years | 209 (12.2) | 319 (24.9) | | 12 (2.9) | 18 (9.8) | | | Smoking status | | | | | | | | Never | 1150 (67.0) | 880 (68.7) | 0.048 | 326 (79.3) | 145 (79.2) | 0.982 | | Current | 150 (8.7) | 133 (10.4) | | 21 (5.1) | 10 (5.5) | | | Former smoker | 417 (24.3) | 268 (20.9) | | 64 (15.6) | 28 (15.3) | | | Alcohol consumption | | | | | | | | No | 1146 (66.7) | 814 (63.6) | <0.001 | 265 (64.5) | 112 (61.2) | 0.131 | | Yes | 360 (21.0) | 350 (27.3) | | 67 (16.3) | 42 (23.0) | | | Never drank alcohol | 211 (12.3) | 117 (9.1) | | 79 (19.2) | 29 (15.8) | | | In the last 12 months, how much effect do you think stress has had on your health? | | | | | | | | Very much/something | 1120 (65.2) | 729 (56.9) | <0.001 | 271 (65.9) | 115 (62.8) | 0.465 | | Almost nothing/nothing | 597 (34.8) | 552 (43.1) | | 140 (34.1) | 68 (37.2) | |
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