Open AccessPeriodontal Disease an Overlooked Chapter in Public Health: A Statistical Analysis
Author(s) -
Arpan Sheth,
Ritul Patel,
Shivam Patel
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
global journal of medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-4618
pISSN - 0975-5888
DOI - 10.34257/gjmrjvol21is3pg1
Subject(s) - national health and nutrition examination survey , periodontal disease , logistic regression , medicine , obesity , diabetes mellitus , depression (economics) , disease , public health , environmental health , gerontology , dentistry , pathology , population , economics , macroeconomics , endocrinology
This study aims to find that there is any association between Periodontal diseases with factors like diabetes, depression, blood pressure, age, gender, alcohol, smoking, education level, and obesity. For this study data were taken from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). From this data various variables are taken and test in SAS 9.4 software for analysis. This study is done on a 3737 sample in which 734 people reported having gum/periodontal disease. Logistic regression analysis was performed with variables. We found a significant association between diabetes, depression, age, smoking, and obesity to have periodontal disease.