Table 5.

Multivariate logistic regression analysis of occurrence of periodontitis in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Factor	β	SE	Wald χ²	P value	OR (95%CI)
Age	0.046	0.015	9.813	0.002	1.047 (1.017-1.078)
Sex	0.622	0.346	3.230	0.072	1.863 (0.945-3.674)
Brushing frequency	1.459	0.353	17.073	< 0.001	4.303 (2.154-8.599)
Education level	-0.639	0.212	9.065	0.003	0.528 (0.348-0.800)
HbA1c	0.934	0.185	25.392	< 0.001	2.545 (1.770-3.661)
TC	1.055	0.260	16.451	< 0.001	2.872 (1.725-4.781)
TG	1.196	0.600	3.967	0.046	3.306 (1.019-10.723)

HbA1c: Glycosylated hemoglobin; TC: Total cholesterol; TG: Triglyceride; OR: Odds ratio; 95%CI: 95% confidence interval.