17 February 2021>: Clinical Research
Oral Health-Related Risk Factors Among Students in Southeast Serbia
Marija D. Bojović 1ABDEF , Ljiljana G. Kesić 1ADF* , Aleksandar N. Mitić 2AE , Biljana Kocić 3DE , Radmila R. Obradović 1DEF , Aleksandra Ignjatović 4CD , Nina Burić 5EF , Marija Jovanović 6BEF , Milica S. Petrović 1ADEFDOI: 10.12659/MSM.929375
Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e929375
Table 3 Health risk behaviors, disorders, medication use, smoke habits among students.
Questions | Total | Group1 | Group 2 | P* | |||
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N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
How often do you consume sweets? | |||||||
Every day | |||||||
Periodically | 82 | 20.71 | 33 | 17.74 | 49 | 23.33 | |
Rarely | 60 | 15.15 | 31 | 16.67 | 29 | 13.81 | |
Never | 4 | 1.01 | 3 | 1.61 | 1 | 0.48 | |
Do you have a tooth sensitivity to cold, sweet, etc? | |||||||
Every day | 10 | 2.53 | 7 | 3.76 | 3 | 1.43 | 0.377 |
Periodically | 59 | 14.90 | 24 | 12.90 | 35 | 16.67 | |
Rarely | |||||||
Never | 91 | 22.98 | 43 | 23.12 | 48 | 22.86 | |
Do you smoke actively? | |||||||
Every day | 85 | 21.46 | 38 | 20.43 | 47 | 22.38 | 0.719 |
Periodically | 11 | 2.78 | 6 | 3.23 | 5 | 2.38 | |
Rarely | 26 | 6.57 | 10 | 5.38 | 16 | 7.62 | |
Never | |||||||
How many cigarettes do you smoke daily? | |||||||
Two packages | 3 | 0.76 | 1 | 0.54 | 2 | 0.95 | 0.966 |
One and a half package | 10 | 2.53 | 5 | 2.69 | 5 | 2.38 | |
One package | 65 | 16.41 | 31 | 16.67 | 34 | 16.19 | |
Don’t smoke | |||||||
Do you use medication? | |||||||
Every day | 13 | 3.28 | 5 | 2.69 | 8 | 3.81 | 0.847 |
Periodically | 36 | 9.09 | 16 | 8.60 | 20 | 9.52 | |
Rarely | |||||||
Never | 103 | 26.01 | 46 | 24.73 | 57 | 27.14 | |
If the answer to the previous question was positive, what do you use? | |||||||
Analgesics | |||||||
Antibiotics | 21 | 5.30 | 9 | 4.84 | 12 | 5.71 | |
Antihistamines | 9 | 2.27 | 4 | 2.15 | 5 | 2.38 | |
Contraceptives | 9 | 2.27 | 3 | 1.61 | 6 | 2.86 | |
* Chi-square test; bold numbers mean the highest frequency. |