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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics of the total population (n = 206)

From: Lung function and associations with multiple dimensions of dental health: a prospective observational cross-sectional study

Parameter

Age (years)

42.0 (32.0; 54.7)

BMI (kg/m2)

24.6 (21.8; 27.6)

Gender (f)

119 (57.8 %)

Current smoking

59 (28.6 %)

Previous smoking

58 (28.2 %)

History of smoking

117 (56.8 %)

Pack years

10.0 (4.0; 20.7)

Cough

28 (13.6 %)

Sputum production

11 (5.3 %)

Wheezing

4 (1.9 %)

Reduced performance

45 (21.8 %)

NYHA class (≥I)

11 (5.3 %)

Asthma (self-reported)

21 (10.2 %)

Systemic hypertension

20 (9.7 %)

Cardiovascular disease

9 (4.4 %)

Diabetes

5 (2.4 %)

Hypothyreosis

19 (9.2 %)

Osteoporosis

4 (1.9 %)

Allergy type I

42 (20.2 %)

Academic profession

23 (11.2 %)

Job-related exposure

27 (13.1 %)

  1. Results are shown either as n (%) or median (quartiles)
  2. BMI body-mass-index; NYHA New York Heart Association