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Table 1 Demographic status of studied Qatari population

From: Profiling the Salivary microbiome of the Qatari population

Category

Male

Female

Total

Gender

442

555

997

Agea

38.3 ± 11.9

39.3 ± 12.1

38.2 ± 12.0

Age group

 Adults (18 ≥ age ≤ 65)

434 (98.2%)

545 (98.2%)

979 (98.2%)

 Elderly (age > 65)

8 (1.8%)

10 (1.8%)

18 (1.8%)

Oral health status

 Bleeding gum

  No

398 (90.0%)

515 (92.8%)

913 (91.6%)

  Yes

44 (10%)

40 (7.20%)

84 (8.4%)

 Mouth ulcer

  No

419 (94.8%)

541 (97.5%)

960 (96.3%)

  Yes

23 (5.2%)

14 (2.5%)

37 (3.7%)

 Painful gum

  No

400 (90.5%)

516 (93.0%)

916 (91.9%)

  Yes

42 (9.5%)

39 (7.0%)

81 (8.1%)

 Loose teeth

  No

422 (95.5%)

537 (96.8%)

959 (96.2%)

  Yes

20 (4.5%)

18 (3.2%)

38 (3.8%)

 Denture

  No

387 (87.6%)

474 (85.4%)

861 (86.4%)

  Yes

55 (12.4%)

81 (14.6%)

136 (13.6%)

Smoking status

 Non-smokers

210 (47.5%)

523 (94.2%)

733 (73.5%)

 Smokers

232 (52.5%)

32 (5.8%)

264 (26.5%)

Coffee drinking

 Coffee

418 (94.6%)

469 (84.5%)

887 (89.0%)

 No coffee

24 (5.4%)

86 (15.5%)

110 (11.0%)

Tea drinking

 Tea

363 (82.1%)

405 (73.0%)

768 (77.0%)

 No tea

79 (17.9%)

150 (27.0%)

229 (23.0%)

  1. aAge: (years, mean ± standard deviation)