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Table 2 Distribution of possible risk factors of the investigated cohort

From: The COVID-19 pandemic and its possible impact on the treatment of odontogenic and intraoral abscesses

Risk factors

Preceding years

n = 663 (%)

Covid-19 year

n = 298 (%)

p-value

Wound healing disorders

18 (2.7)

6 (2.0)

 

Smoker

197 (29.7)

83 (27.9)

 

Alcohol (C2) consumption daily

18 (2.7)

10 (3.4)

 

C2 occasionally

33 (5.0)

9 (3.0)

 

C2 seldomly

1 (0.2)

0 (0)

 

Drug history

16 (2.4)

2 (0.7)

 

Pregnancy

4 (0.6)

2 (0.7)

 

Age 0–3 years

1 (0.2)

1 (0.3)

0.136**

Age 4–12 years

25 (3.8)

11 (3.7)

Age 13–64 years

495 (74.7)

225 (75.5)

Age 65–84 years

127 (19.2)

46 (15.4)

 ≥ 85 years of age

15 (2.3)

15 (5.1)

 ≥ 65 years of age

142 (21.4)

61 (20.5)

 

Long-term carea

 Long-term care nursing home

20 (3.3)

9 (3.2)

 

 Long-term care outpatient service

4 (0.7)

0 (0)

 

BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2b

4 (1.5)

5 (3.2)

 

Previous surgeryc

274 (55.0)

136 (65.1)

*0.015

 ≥ 5 drugs for medication

92 (13.9)

41 (13.8)

 

Antiresorptive drugs total

18 (2.8)

9 (3.0)

 

Current intake

17 (2.6)

8 (2.7)

 

History of intake

1 (0.2)

1 (0.3)

 

Glucocorticoids

18 (2.7)

12 (4.0)

 

Immune suppressive therapy

34 (5.1)

17 (5.7)

 

ACE-I, ARB

93 (14.0)

46 (15.4)

 

NSAID

147 (22.2)

61 (20.5)

 

History of radiation therapy

14 (2.1)

5 (1.7)

 
  1. Preceding years = control group: 2018–2020
  2. Covid-19 year = test group: 2020–2021
  3. Abbreviations: ACE-I Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, ARB Angiotensin receptor blockers, NSAID Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
  4. an = 876 (85 non-registered cases)
  5. bn = 707 (254 non-registered cases)
  6. cn = 461 (545 non-registered cases)
  7. *Fisher’s Exact Test
  8. **Chi2-Test