Dental Care Utilization among Veterans by Smoking Status

Table 3

Logistic regression of smoking on no reports of dental utilization within the previous 6 months (the National Survey of Veterans, 2010).

	Unadjusted		Adjusted
	OR [95% CI]	P value	OR [95% CI]	P value
Smoking status
Current smoker	2.81 [2.34, 3.38]	<0.0001	1.50 [1.22, 1.84]	<0.0001
Past smoker	1.09 [0.96, 1.26]	0.1874	0.99 [0.85, 1.15]	0.8963
Never smoked	Reference		Reference
Sex
Male			1.21 [0.90, 1.62]	0.2045
Female			Reference
Race/ethnicity
White			Reference
Other			1.37 [1.08, 1.74]	0.0105
Age in years
50 and above			0.59 [0.48, 0.72]	<0.0001
35 to less than 50			0.60 [0.50, 0.74]	<0.0001
20 to less than 35			Reference
Marital status
Married			Reference
No			1.24 [1.06, 1.47]	0.0073
Education
Less than HS/HS degree			2.41 [2.05, 2.83]	<0.0001
Some college			1.53 [1.30, 1.81]	<0.0001
College degree/above			Reference
Income
Less than $20,000			2.69 [2.14, 3.38]	<0.0001
$20,000 to less than $30,000			1.88 [1.54, 2.29]	<0.0001
$30,000 and above			Reference
Insurance
Adequate			Reference
Inadequate			1.19 [1.03, 1.38]	0.0215
Health self-perception
Excellent/very good/good			Reference
Fair/poor			1.02 [0.87, 1.19]	0.8104
Oral health perception
Excellent/very good/good			Reference
Fair/poor			2.04 [1.77, 2.36]	<0.0001

Note. Based on 6,261 eligible veterans. Abbreviation: HS, high school.