Factors That Affect Oral Care Outcomes for Institutionalized Elderly

Table 3

Effect of oral levels of Candida on fever, adjusted by oral care and number of functional teeth.

		Model 3
		Coefficient	95% CI		value
			Lower	Upper
Intercept		−0.125	−0.499	0.249	0.504
Oral care	−	Reference
	+	0.640	0.047	1.233	0.035
Number of functional teeth		0.041	0.001	0.081	0.045
Interaction with number of functional teeth
Oral care	−	Reference
	+	−0.049	−0.100	0.002	0.059
Oral levels of Candida
<750 cfu		Reference
≥750 cfu		0.599	0.121	1.077	0.015

The cutoff point was set by describing ROC curves. Oral levels of Candida higher than 750 cfu were a risk factor for fever.