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 OAUs^a in the past year for controls and BD patients.

Group^a	Total			Males			Females
	No. with GOHAI scores higher than the norm/no. with those lower than the norm	Crude OR; (95% CI)	OR^b; (95% CI)	No. with GOHAI scores higher than the norm/no. with those lower than the norm	Crude OR; (95% CI)	OR^c; (95% CI)	No. with GOHAI scores higher than the norm/no. with those lower than the norm	Crude OR; (95% CI)	OR^c; (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)

aFor purposes of analysis, the cutoff for “with OAUs” was ≥2 OAU outbreaks within the last year.
^bAdjusted for age and sex.
^cAdjusted for age.