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