Relationship between the Necessary Support Level for Oral Hygiene and Performance of Physical, Daily Activity, and Cognitive Functions

Table 3

Results of multivariate logistic regression analysis.

	Item	Multivariate adjusted odds ratio	95% CI		value
			Lower limit	Upper limit
	Age	1.00	0.99	1.00	0.473
	Sex (female/male)	0.64	0.58	0.70	<0.001
Physical and daily activity functions	Roll-over	1.16	1.08	1.26	<0.001
	Get up	1.77	1.57	1.99	<0.001
	Maintain a seated posture	1.08	1.01	1.15	0.015
	Maintain a standing position on both feet	1.53	1.39	1.69	<0.001
	Walk	2.35	2.15	2.56	<0.001
	Stand up	2.10	1.81	2.43	<0.001
	Stand on one foot	1.31	1.18	1.46	<0.001
	Vision	1.19	1.10	1.29	<0.001
	Hearing	0.90	0.84	0.97	0.005
	Swallowing	1.15	0.99	1.34	0.077
Cognitive functions	Communicate one’s will	1.12	0.97	1.28	0.113
	Understand the everyday routine	3.08	2.68	3.55	<0.001
	State one’s birthday and age	2.00	1.63	2.44	<0.001
	Recall from short-term memory	1.88	1.67	2.10	<0.001
	State one’s own name	1.03	0.50	2.11	0.934
	Know what the current season is	1.96	1.73	2.22	<0.001
	Know the environment	2.25	1.73	2.92	<0.001
	Make daily decisions	2.55	2.33	2.79	<0.001

A total of 20 items were entered simultaneously as the explanatory variables.