Teeth and Covariates: Association with Risk of Falls

Table 2

Univariate associations of the number of teeth present and covariates with risk of falls.

Covariates	Total	Risk of falls (TT)		value	OR	95% CI
		Lowest risk of falls	Moderate to highest risk of falls
Total number of teeth present
20 teeth or more with/without denture	62	42	20	0.001	0.26	0.12–0.58
19 teeth or less with/without denture	48	17	31
Age
70 years old and above	53	17	36	<0.001	5.92	2.59–13.52
60 to 69 years old	57	42	15
Sex
Male	48	26	22	0.92	0.9629	0.45–2.05
Female	62	33	29
Depression
No	98	56	42	0.03	0.25	0.06–0.98
Mild to severe	12	3	9
Presence of illness related to fall
Yes	21	4	17	0.001	6.87	2.13–22.15
No	89	55	34
Activity of daily living (ADL)
Dependent	29	6	23	<0.001	7.25	2.64–19.89
Independent	81	53	28
Use of drugs
Yes	73	35	38	0.09	2.00	0.88–4.53
No	37	24	13
Self-evaluated health
Healthy	70	41	29	0.16	0.57	0.26–1.26
Not very healthy	40	18	22
Monthly household income (Malaysian ringgit)
500 or less	93	46	47	0.03	3.32	1.00–10.93
501 or more	17	13	4

Calculated using Fisher’s exact test.