Dental Health Behaviors, Dentition, and Mortality in the Elderly: The Leisure World Cohort Study : Table 4

Table 4: Hazard ratios for mortality by dental health behaviors among subjects with dentures, Leisure World Cohort Study, 1992–2009.


	Men					Women
	No.	Model 1*		Model 2*		No.	Model 1*		Model 2*
	No.	HR	95% CI	HR	95% CI	No.	HR	95% CI	HR	95% CI

Clean my dentures

Everyday	743	1.00		1.00		1443	1.00		1.00
Sometimes	90	1.11	0.88–1.39	1.11	0.87–1.40	87	1.13	0.91–1.42	1.09	0.87–1.38
Never	165	1.23	1.03–1.46	1.24	1.03–1.48	531	0.85	0.76–0.94	0.87	0.78–0.97

Use mouth wash

Everyday	297	1.00		1.00		751	1.00		1.00
Sometimes	308	0.91	0.77–1.08	0.93	0.78–1.10	668	0.95	0.85–1.07	0.95	0.85–1.06
Never	393	0.99	0.84–1.15	1.02	0.87–1.20	642	0.96	0.86–1.08	0.99	0.88–1.11

Number of dental visits within the last 12 months

2+	612	1.00		1.00		1310	1.00		1.00
1	137	1.04	0.86–1.26	1.09	0.89–1.33	299	1.09	0.95–1.25	1.10	0.96–1.26
0	249	1.33	1.14–1.55	1.23	1.05–1.45	452	1.26	1.12–1.42	1.20	1.07–1.35

*Model 1: adjusted for age at entry.
Model 2: adjusted for age at entry, smoking, alcohol, caffeine, active activities, other activities, body mass index, high blood pressure, angina, heart attack, stroke, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and cancer.