Research Article
Increased Plasma Osteocalcin, Oral Disease, and Altered Mandibular Bone Density in Postmenopausal Women
Table 2
Oral disease of participants according to postmenopausal status.
| Variables | Participants | | Premenopause | Postmenopause |
| Average number of missing teeth | 1 (2, 4) | 6 (2, 16) | 0.008 | Mean attachment loss (mm) | 2.1 (1.7, 2.4) | 2.6 (2.2, 3.7) | <0.001 | Alveolar bone loss (n = 89) | <25% | 46 | 31 | 0.031 | ≥25% | 3 | 9 | Number of periapical radiolucencies (n = 75) | Absence | 36 | 21 | 0.006 | 1–4 | 7 | 11 | Clinical score of oral dryness (n = 92) | 0 | 25 | 8 | 0.005 | 1–3 | 24 | 30 | ≥4 | 1 | 4 | |
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