Research Article

Relationship between Subjective Oral Health Status and Lifestyle in Elderly People: A Cross-Sectional Study in Japan

Table 6

Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for “subjective masticatory ability” by binominal logistic regression analysis* ( ).

VariableOR95% CIP-value

Regular life rhythm
 Yes 1.4361.150–1.7930.001
 No (ref.)

Regular sleep
 Yes 1.6171.414–1.849<0.001
 No (ref.)

Regular physical activity
 Yes 1.6411.470–1.833<0.001
 No (ref.)

Current smoking
 No 1.4201.137–1.7730.002
 Yes (ref.)

Drinking alcohol
 No 1.0610.937–1.2030.351
 Yes (ref.)

Binominal logistic regression analysis was conducted using 5 variables concerning life-style as the dependent variable.
Results significant at the 5% level are indicated in bold.
ref.: reference category.