One-Year Period Prevalence of Oral Aphthous Ulcers and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Behçet’s Disease
Table 3
Odds ratios (with 95% CI) for GOHAI scores lower than Japanese norms based on 1-year period prevalence of OAUsa in the past year for controls and BD patients.
Groupa
Total
Males
Females
No. with GOHAI scores higher than the norm/no. with those lower than the norm
Crude OR (95% CI)
ORb (95% CI)
No. with GOHAI scores higher than the norm/no. with those lower than the norm
Crude OR (95% CI)
ORc (95% CI)
No. with GOHAI scores higher than the norm/no. with those lower than the norm
Crude OR (95% CI)
ORc (95% CI)
All ages
GP without OAUs
523/319
1
1
268/153
1
1
255/166
1
1
GP with OAUs
107/148
2.3 (1.7–3.0)
2.6 (2.0–3.5)
47/64
2.4 (1.6–3.7)
2.8 (1.8–4.3)
60/84
2.2 (1.5–3.2)
2.6 (1.8–3.9)
BD without OAUs
87/59
1.1 (0.8–1.6)
1.0 (0.7–1.4)
60/38
1.1 (0.7–1.7)
0.9 (0.6–1.4)
27/21
1.2 (0.7–2.2)
1.0 (0.6–1.8)
BD with OAUs
113/416
6.0 (4.7–7.8)
6.2 (4.8–8.0)
73/178
4.3 (3.0–6.0)
4.4 (3.1–6.1)
40/238
9.1 (6.2–13.5)
9.3 (6.4–13.6)
20–39 years
GP without OAUs
131/55
1
1
69/27
1
1
62/28
1
1
GP with OAUs
65/53
1.9 (1.2–3.1)
1.9 (1.2–3.1)
33/28
2.2 (1.1–4.2)
2.2 (1.1–4.3)
32/25
1.7 (0.9–3.4)
1.7 (0.9–3.4)
BD without OAUs
3/4
3.1 (0.7–14.7)
3.1 (0.7–14.2)
1/1
2.6 (0.2–42.3)
2.7 (0.2–44.6)
2/3
3.3 (0.5–21.0)
3.5 (0.6–22.3)
BD with OAUs
19/58
7.3 (4.0–13.3)
7.5 (4.0–13.8)
10/24
6.1 (2.6–14.5)
6.1 (2.6–14.4)
9/34
8.4 (3.5–19.8)
9.8 (4.1–23.7)
40–59 years
GP without OAUs
212/123
1
1
112/57
1
1
100/66
1
1
GP with OAUs
35/61
3.0 (1.9–4.8)
2.9 (1.8–4.8)
10/22
4.3 (1.9–9.7)
4.4 (1.9–9.9)
25/39
2.4 (1.3–4.3)
2.5 (1.4–4.6)
BD without OAUs
32/21
1.1 (0.6–2.0)
1.2 (0.7–2.2)
26/13
1.0 (0.5–2.1)
0.9 (0.4–1.9)
6/8
2.0 (0.7–6.1)
1.6 (0.6–4.8)
BD with OAUs
63/179
4.9 (3.4–7.0)
5.0 (3.4–7.1)
41/83
4.0 (2.4–6.5)
4.1 (2.5–6.7)
22/96
6.6 (3.8–11.6)
6.8 (3.9–11.9)
60–79 years
GP without OAUs
180/141
1
1
87/69
1
1
93/72
1
1
GP with OAUs
7/34
6.2 (2.7–14.4)
6.1 (2.6–14.3)
4/14
4.4 (1.4–14.0)
4.6 (1.4–14.7)
3/20
8.6 (2.5–30.1)
8.2 (2.3–28.9)
BD without OAUs
52/34
0.8 (0.5–1.4)
1.0 (0.6–1.6)
33/24
0.9 (0.5–1.7)
1.0 (0.5–1.8)
19/10
0.7 (0.3–1.6)
0.8 (0.4–1.8)
BD with OAUs
31/179
7.4 (4.7–11.5)
8.3 (5.3–13.0)
22/71
4.1 (2.3–7.2)
4.9 (2.7–8.9)
9/108
15.5 (7.3–32.7)
15.2 (7.5–30.6)
For purposes of analysis, the cutoff for “with OAUs” was ≥2 OAU outbreaks within the last year.
bAdjusted for age and sex.
cAdjusted for age.