Figure 2.

Associations of tooth brushing (vs.≥twice/d) with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in 28 006 participants of the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study recruited from September 2003 to January 2008 and followed up until April 2021. Forest plot showing HRs (log scale) and 95% CI (horisontal line). HRs were unadjusted in crude models, and were adjusted for sex, age, education level, occupation, household income, smoking status, alcohol use, physical activity, and self-rated health in multivariable-adjusted models. CVD – cardiovascular disease, IHD – ischemic heart disease, HR – hazard ratio, CI – confidence interval