Research Article

Association between Periodontal Disease and Comorbidities in Saudi’s Eastern Province

Table 3

Association between CAL and HTN with other comorbidities.

FactorModel 1
HTN
Model 2
HTN & hyperlipidemia
Model 3
HTN & CHD
(95% CI) value (95% CI) value (95% CI) value

Age>501.44 (-0.45, 0.32)0.131.47 (-0.31, 3.16)0.111.76 (-0.13, 3.42)0.07
25-501.48 (0.09, 2.83)0.031.53 (0.16, 2.91)0.021.52 (0.14, 2.95)0.03
18-<25ReferenceReferenceReference

GenderMales0.51 (-1.87, 0.87)0.470.54 (-1.90, 0.83)0.440.47 (-1.86, 0.91)0.42
FemalesReferenceReferenceReference

NationalitySaudi0.42 (-0.55, 1.43)0.410.33 (-0.67, 1.33)0.520.40 (-0.61, 1.41)0.73
Non-SaudiReferenceReferenceReference

SmokingYes0.19 (-1.23, 1.62)0.790.28 (-1.13, 1.70)0.690.14 (-1.26, 1.54)0.08
NoReferenceReferenceReference

Number of missing teeth>50.67 (-2.45, 1.13)0.460.49 (-2.27, 1.29)0.590.61 (-2.34, 1.19)0.52
3-51.22 (0.23, 3.02)0.011.13 (0.12, 2.32)0.021.21 (0.24, 3.22)0.01
0-2ReferenceReferenceReference

ComorbidityYes0.83 (-0.84, 2.09)0.402.12 (-0.44, 4.03)0.100.58 (-3.35, 4.31)0.80
NoReferenceReferenceReference

Model 1: effect of HTN on CAL with other confounders controlled, adjusted , value = 0.02. Model 2: effect of HTN and hyperlipidemia on bone loss with other confounders controlled, adjusted , value = 0.01. Model 3: effect of HTN and CHD on CAL with other confounders controlled, adjusted , value = 0.03.