Clinical Oral Health Recommended Care and Oral Health Self-Report, NHANES, 2013-2014
Table 4
Adjusted odds ratios (AORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) from logistic regressions on concordance between recommended care and self-reported oral health measures. Adults Aged 30 and older in National Health and Examination Nutrition Survey, 2013-14.
Overall Oral Health Self-Perception
Oral Pain1
Impact on job or school
Suspected Periodontal Disease2
Tooth appearance “does not look right”
Tooth mobility3
AOR
AOR
AOR
AOR
AOR
AOR
[95CI]
[95CI]
[95CI]
[95CI]
[95CI]
[95CI]
Sex
Female
1.46
1.57
1.58
1.45
1.54
1.59
[1.28, 1.67]
[1.33, 1.84]
[1.28, 1.95]
[1.12, 1.86]
[1.29, 1.82]
[1.35, 1.87]
Male (ref)
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic Black
0.56
0.51
0.59
0.54
0.60
0.59
[0.43, 0.72]
[0.40, 0.66]
[0.46, 0.77]
[0.44, 0.66]
[0.49, 0.75]
[0.50, 0.70]
Hispanic
0.66
0.54
0.61
0.52
0.63
0.57
[0.46, 0.94]
[0.40, 0.66]
[0.46, 0.77]
[0.38, 0.73]
[0.47, 0.85]
[0.45, 0.71]
Other
0.52
0.47
0.52
0.50
0.47
0.47
[0.35, 0.78]
[0.34, 0.65]
[0.36, 0.75]
[0.35, 0.73]
[0.33, 0.67]
[0.35, 0.61]
Non-Hispanic White (ref)
Age in years
30 - 44 years (Ref)
45 - 54 years
0.99
0.76
0.73
0.92
0.83
0.85
[0.80, 1.22]
[0.60, 0.97]
[0.53, 1.00]
[0.73, 1.16]
[0.66, 1.05]
[0.64, 1.14]
55- 64 years
0.80
0.56
0.57
0.78
0.58
0.62
[0.57, 1.14]
[0.40, 0.77]
[0.38, 0.84]
[0.56, 1.09]
[0.41, 0.82]
[0.40, 0.97]
65, or older
0.81
0.74
0.69
0.78
0.72
0.83
[0.54, 1.22]
[0.54, 1.02]
[0.45, 1.08]
[0.57, 1.05]
[0.49, 1.04]
[0.61, 1.12]
Insurance coverage
Yes (ref)
No
0.71
0.51
0.55
0.54
0.58
0.55
[0.57, 0.89]
[0.40, 0.64]
[0.44, 0.70]
[0.44, 0.66]
[0.49, 0.69]
[0.46, 0.65]
Self-reported General Health
Fair/poor
1.51
0.97
0.98
1.17
1.26
0.98
[1.22, 1.86]
[0.72, 1.31]
[0.76, 1.27]
[0.99, 1.39]
[0.91, 1.74]
[0.77, 1.26]
Excellent/very good/good (ref)
Physical Activity
No
0.96
1.02
0.98
0.84
0.86
0.95
[0.79, 1.17]
[0.86, 1.21]
[0.76, 1.26]
[0.69, 1.02]
[0.74, 1.01]
[0.83, 1.08]
Yes (ref)
Obese
Obese
0.74
0.62
0.65
0.78
0.67
0.67
[0.61, 0.90]
[0.51, 0.76]
[0.52, 0.81]
[0.60, 1.01]
[0.55, 0.82]
[0.52, 0.87]
No (Ref)
Smoking status
Current smoker
0.93
0.57
0.56
0.46
0.65
0.56
[0.67, 1.29]
[0.43, 0.77]
[0.39, 0.80]
[0.31, 0.67]
[0.47, 0.88]
[0.67, 1.18]
Former smoker
0.88
0.85
0.85
0.86
0.90
0.89
[0.64, 1.21]
[0.64, 1.14]
[0.60, 1.20]
[0.67, 1.09]
[0.64, 1.27]
[0.67, 1.18]
Never smoker (ref)
Dental visit
More than 1 year
0.97
0.48
0.50
0.70
0.73
0.51
[0.73, 1.29]
[0.40, 0.57]
[0.42, 0.59]
[0.60, 0.82]
[0.61, 0.87]
[0.41, 0.65]
1 year or less (ref)
Note: based on 4,205 participants, who were 30 years and older and who had no missing data for the dentists’ oral health recommendations and responses from questions about oral health self-perception and oral pain. Asterisks represent significant group differences in concordance compared to the reference group based on logistic regressions. 1Aching anywhere in the mouth during the last year. 2If participant thought he or she “might have gum disease” (NHANES, 2017). 3Participant was asked if “any teeth [were] becoming loose without an injury” (NHANES, 2017). p < .001; .001 ≤ p < .01; .01 ≤ p < .05.
