Table 3.
Reduced chewing ability1 according to health-related factors in persons aged 55 years and older
| Women | Men | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
%
2
(95% CI) |
PR
3
(95% CI) |
p |
%
2
(95% CI) |
PR
3
(95% CI) |
p |
%
2
(95% CI) |
PR
3
(95% CI) |
p | |
| Limitations to usual activities due to health problems | |||||||||
| No |
12.4 (10.9–14.1) |
ref. | – |
11.3 (9.5–13.2) |
ref. | – |
11.9 (10.7–13.1) |
ref. | – |
| Yes |
29.5 (26.8–32.3) |
2.2 (1.8–2.5) |
< 0.001 |
28.4 (25.4–31.6) |
2.2 (1.8–2.7) |
< 0.001 |
29.0 (27.0-31.1) |
2.2 (1.9–2.5) |
< 0.001 |
| Underweight | |||||||||
| No |
20.1 (18.5–21.8) |
ref. | – |
18.4 (16.7–20.2) |
ref. | – |
19.3 (18.1–20.5) |
ref. | – |
| Yes |
27.2 (20.7–34.8) |
1.3 (1.0-1.8) |
0.041 |
46.3 (29.1–64.4) |
2.2 (1.4–3.3) |
< 0.001 |
31.3 (24.8–38.6) |
1.6 (1.2-2.0) |
< 0.001 |
| Depressive Symptoms | |||||||||
| No |
18.7 (17.1–20.3) |
ref. | – |
16.9 (15.3–18.7) |
ref. | – |
17.9 (16.7–19.1) |
ref. | – |
| Yes |
40.7 (33.6–48.2) |
2.2 (1.8–2.7) |
< 0.001 |
45.1 (35.1–55.4) |
2.3 (1.8-3.0) |
< 0.001 |
42.6 (36.6–48.8) |
2.3 (1.9–2.7) |
< 0.001 |
PR = prevalence ratio, 95% CI = 95% confidence interval, ref. = reference group
1No difficulty vs. minor and major difficulty together, 2Proportions in percent (%), 3Results of multivariate log-Poisson regressions