Dental Caries Prevalence and Tooth Loss in Chilean Adult Population: First National Dental Examination Survey
Table 5
Nonadjusted and adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI) related to tooth loss (the presence of less than 21 teeth in mouth) for the 65–74-year-old group.
Variables
Univariate OR (95% CI)
value
Multivariate OR (95% CI)
value
Education
>13-years
1.0 (ref)
<12-years
1.97 (0.98–3.96)
0.056
1.96 (0.93–4.16)
0.07
Personal income
>$142.000
1.0 (ref)
1.0 (ref)
<$141.000&
1.55 (0.95–2.53)
0.076
1.24 (0.7–2.22)
0.45
Familiar income
>$286.000
1.0 (ref)
1.0 (ref)
<$285.000*
1.66 (1.02–2.69)
0.038
1.05 (0.62–1.8)
0.83
Diabetes
No
1.0 (ref)
1.0 (ref)
Yes
1.27 (0.75–2.16)
0.361
1.06 (0.61–1.84)
0.83
Depression
No
1.0 (ref)
1.0 (ref)
Yes
1.35 (0.79–2.31)
0.26
1.12 (0.63–2.0)
0.7
Obesity
No
1.0 (ref)
1.0 (ref)
Yes
1.99 (0.95–4.19)
0.068
1.84 (0.85–3.99)
0.12
$141.000 Chilean pesos, about USD 271 per month.
*$285.000 Chilean pesos, about USD 570 per month. Statistically significant associations in bold values.
