Table 1 Distribution of socio-demographic factors according to time since last dental visit and oral cancer (OC) examination: NHANES 2013–2016 (n = 9374)
|  | Last dental visit ≤1 year (n = 5267 [62.2%]) | Oral Cancer examination Yes (n = 2125 [33.1%]) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Unweighted N (weighted %) | Weighted percent (SE) | p-value | Weighted percent (SE) | p-value |
Age (yrs.) |  |  | 0.01 |  | < 0.0001 |
 30- < 65 | 6725 (75.9) | 74.5 (0.91) |  | 70.8 (1.47) |  |
  ≥ 65 | 2649 (24.1) | 25.5 (0.91) |  | 29.2 (1.47) |  |
Age mean (95% CI) | 53.1 (52.5, 53.8) | 53.8 (53.1, 54.6) | 0.5 | 55.8 (54.9, 56.8) | < 0.0001 |
Gender | Â | Â | 0.001 | 55.0 (1.01) | 0.02 |
 Female | 4917 (52.6) | 54.7 (0.86) |  | 45.0 (1.01) |  |
 Male | 4457 (47.4) | 45.3 (0.86) |  |  |  |
Race/ethnicity |  |  | < 0.0001 | 1.89 (0.31) | < 0.0001 |
 Mexican American | 1376 (7.87) | 5.77 (0.90) |  | 2.04 (0.33) |  |
 Other Hispanic | 1037 (5.38) | 4.61 (0.82) |  | 84.9 (1.24) |  |
 Non-Hispanic White | 3660 (67.5) | 71.6 (2.28) |  | 6.39 (0.76) |  |
 Non-Hispanic Black | 1931 (10.8) | 9.46 (1.08) |  | 4.77 (0.46) |  |
 Other | 1370 (8.39) | 8.51 (0.85) |  |  |  |
Education |  |  | < 0.0001 | 20.7 (1.32) | < 0.0001 |
  ≤ High School | 4243 (35.7) | 27.3 (1.63) |  | 31.7 (1.41) |  |
 Some college | 2698 (31.3) | 30.7 (1.19) |  | 45.6 (1.97) |  |
  ≥ College | 2424 (33.0) | 41.9 (2.14) |  |  |  |
 missing | 9 |  |  |  |  |
Household income |  |  | < 0.0001 |  | < 0.0001 |
  < $20 k/yr. | 1835 (13.2) | 8.71 (0.86) |  | 7.32 (0.96) |  |
 20-45 k/yr. | 2757 (26.0) | 21.6 (1.09) |  | 17.7 (1.38) |  |
  > 45 k/yr. | 4203 (60.8) | 69.7 (1.62) |  | 74.9 (1.63) |  |
 missing | 579 |  |  |  |  |
Smoking |  |  | < 0.0001 |  | < 0.0001 |
 Non-smoker | 5134 (53.9) | 58.9 (0.90) |  | 56.3 (1.55) |  |
 Current | 1805 (18.7) | 13.7 (0.78) |  | 12.6 (0.99) |  |
 Former | 2424 (27.4) | 27.5 (0.79) |  | 31.1 (1.58) |  |
 missing | 11 |  |  |  |  |
Alcohol consumption |  |  | < 0.0001 |  | < 0.0001 |
 Lifetime abstainers | 1332 (14.6) | 14.2 (1.61) |  | 11.3 (1.64) |  |
 Former drinkers | 2158 (27.0) | 25.0 (1.04) |  | 23.8 (1.78) |  |
 Non excessive current drinkers | 1999 (32.9) | 36.3 (1.76) |  | 40.7 (2.12) |  |
 Excessive current drinkers | 1491 (25.5) | 24.5 (1.19) |  | 24.2 (1.83) |  |
 missing | 2394 |  |  |  |  |
Smoking and alcohol use |  |  | < 0.0001 |  | < 0.0001 |
 Neithera | 1183 (13.2) | 13.0 (1.62) |  | 31.8 (2.31) |  |
 Current alcohol use only | 2660 (41.0) | 45.8 (1.83) |  | 56.7 (2.56) |  |
 Current cigarettes only | 149 (1.43) | 1.20 (0.13) |  | 3.27 (0.58) |  |
 Both | 2980 (44.3) | 40.0 (1.30) |  | 8.17 (0.81) |  |
 missing | 2402 |  |  |  |  |
Oral cancer examination |  |  | < 0.0001 |  |  |
 Yes | 2125 (33.1) | 44.2 (1.82) |  | – |  |
 No | 7249 (66.9) | 55.8 (1.82) |  | – |  |
Last dental visit |  |  |  |  | < 0.0001 |
  ≤ 1 visit | 5267 (62.2) | – |  | 83.1 (1.15) |  |
  > 1 | 4107 (37.8) | – |  | 16.9 (1.15) |  |