Oral candidiasis and potential risk factors among disabled and non-disabled in Al-Baha region, Saudi Arabia

Table 1 Characteristics of the study’s participants, n = 148

Variable	All	Disabled	Non-disabled
Disability status
Disabled	73 (49)	73 (49)	0 (0)
Non-disabled	75 (51)	0 (0)	75 (51)
Sex
Male	93 (63)	41 (44)	52 (56)
Female	55 (37)	32 (58)	23 (42)
Age in years
25 to 39	99 (67)	47 (47)	52 (53)
40 to 49	36 (24)	18 (50)	18 (50)
50 to 62	13 (9)	8 (62)	5 (38)
Level of education
High school or less	29 (20)	17 (59)	12 (41)
Bachelor’s degree	97 (66)	54 (56)	43 (44)
Master’s degree	18 (12)	2 (11)	16 (89)
PhD degree	4 (2)	0 (0)	4 (2)
Smoking
Yes	44 (29)	11 (25)	33 (75)
No	104 (71)	62 (60)	42 (40)
Diabetes mellitus
Yes	21 (14)	9 (43)	12 (57)
No	127 (86)	64 (51)	63 (49)
Hypertension
Yes	12 (8)	3 (25)	9 (75)
No	136 (92)	70 (52)	66 (48)
Antibiotics/antifungals intake
Yes	4 (2)	2 (50)	2 (50)
No	144 (98)	71 (49)	73 (51)
Radiation therapy
Yes	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
No	148 (100)	73 (49)	75 (51)
OC
Yes	57 (38)	26 (45)	31 (55)
No	91 (62)	47 (52)	44 (48)
Salivary gland hypofunction
Yes	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
No	148 (100)	73 (49)	75 (51)

Data are n (%).