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. 2025 Apr 18;37(1):128. doi: 10.1007/s40520-025-03032-5

Table 3.

Association between severity of tooth loss in 2019 and geriatric syndromes at the 4th-year follow-up in 2023 among 529 participants

Variables Non-adjusted
OR (95% CI)
Model 1
OR (95% CI)
Model 2
OR (95% CI)
Model 3
OR (95% CI)
Severity of tooth loss and sarcopenia
 No tooth loss or having tooth loss that not affecting life (N = 429) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
 Having tooth loss that affecting life (N = 100) 2.29 (1.33, 3.94)* 1.90 (1.09, 3.33)* 1.90 (1.08, 3.33)* 1.80 (1.02, 3.21)*
Severity of tooth loss and malnutrition risk
 No tooth loss or having tooth loss that not affecting life (N = 429) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
 Having tooth loss that affecting life (N = 100) 2.41 (1.54, 3.77)** 2.39 (1.51, 3.78)** 2.40 (1.52, 3.82)** 2.31 (1.44, 3.69)**
Severity of tooth loss and frailty
 No tooth loss or having tooth loss that not affecting life (N = 429) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
 Having tooth loss that affecting life (N = 100) 1.53 (0.97, 2.40) 1.30 (0.81, 2.08) 1.30 (0.81, 2.09) 1.37 (0.84, 2.23)
Severity of tooth loss and fall
 No tooth loss or having tooth loss that not affecting life (N = 429) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
 Having tooth loss that affecting life (N = 100) 1.27 (0.72, 2.22) 1.11 (0.62, 1.98) 1.12 (0.62, 2.00) 1.06 (0.58, 1.94)
Severity of tooth loss and total outcome score
 No tooth loss or having tooth loss that not affecting life (N = 429) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
 Having tooth loss that affecting life (N = 100) 2.54 (1.53, 4.23)** 2.33 (1.39, 3.91)* 2.29 (1.36, 3.86)* 2.25 (1.33, 3.82)*

Notes: Model 1 adjusted for age, sex; Model 2 adjusted for age, sex, education; Model 3 adjusted for age, sex, education, drinking, smoking, number of chronic disease

Data in bold indicate statistically significant values: *p < 0.05,**p < 0.001

Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness-of-fit: all p > 0.05. A p-value > 0.05 indicates that the model fits the data well

CI: confidence interval