Table 2.

Main effects for the association between T2D and the highest registered DCS and GS at any point in time in SCOR

	Males		Females
	HR (CI)	P	HR (CI)	P
No age restriction
DCS: Low	1.00 (ref)	-	1.00 (ref)	-
Moderate	1.08 (1.02; 1.14)	0.01	1.04 (0.97; 1.12)	0.31
High	1.09 (1.02; 1.17)	0.01	1.07 (0.98; 1.17)	0.11
Severe	1.15 (1.04; 1.27)	0.005	1.19 (1.06; 1.35)	0.003
GS: Low	1.00 (ref)	-	1.00 (ref)	-
Moderate	1.23 (1.18; 1.28)	< 0.001	1.24 (1.18; 1.29)	< 0.001
High	1.59 (1.47; 1.72)	< 0.001	1.87 (1.68; 2.08)	< 0.001
Age < 40
DCS: Low	1.00 (ref)	-	1.00 (ref)	-
Moderate	1.02 (0.91; 1.14)	0.77	0.94 (0.84; 1.05)	0.25
High	0.94 (0.82; 1.08)	0.36	0.88 (0.77; 1.01)	0.07
Severe	0.93 (0.75; 1.15)	0.48	0.98 (0.79; 1.19)	0.81
GS: Low	-	-	-	-
Moderate	1.28 (1.18; 1.39)	< 0.001	1.17 (1.08; 1.27)	< 0.001
High	1.84 (1.58; 2.15)	< 0.001	1.94 (1.63; 2.30)	< 0.001
Age ≥ 40
DCS: Low	1.00 (ref)	-	1.00 (ref)	-
Moderate	1.09 (1.03; 1.17)	0.007	1.13 (1.02; 1.25)	0.01
High	1.14 (1.06; 1.24)	< 0.001	1.23 (1.09; 1.38)	0.005
Severe	1.23 (1.09; 1.38)	< 0.001	1.37 (1.17; 1.59)	< 0.001
GS: Low	1.00 (ref)	-	1.00 (ref)	-
Moderate	1.21 (1.15; 1.27)	< 0.001	1.28 (1.21; 1.36)	< 0.001
High	1.52 (1.39; 1.66)	< 0.001	1.83 (1.59; 2.10)	< 0.001

Highest achieved level of education (observed between 25–30 years) used as strata

CI confidence interval, DCS dental caries score, GS gingivitis score, HR hazard ratio, P p-value, ref reference group

Testing at a 95% confidence level