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. 2006 Sep;96(9):1578–1581. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.071209

TABLE 1—

Household and Individual Characteristics of the Population (n = 29 853 607) Associated With Edentulism in the Bivariate Logistic Regression Analyses

n % Weighted OR (95% CI)
Age 13 966 100 1.08 (1.07, 1.09)***
Gender
    Men 5975 42.1 1.00
    Women 7991 57.9 1.48 (1.27, 1.73)***
Smoking
    Never 10 872 77.3 1.00
    Sometimes 1964 15.4 1.09 (0.82, 1.46)
    Daily 1–5 times 614 4.2 1.02 (0.71, 1.46)
    Daily > 5 times 516 3.1 1.53 (1.04, 2.23)*
Years smoking daily
    < 10 251 24.1 1.00
    11–20 334 29.3 1.96 (0.79, 4.87)
    21–30 247 24.2 2.52 (1.05, 6.06)*
    > 30 298 22.4 4.34 (2.05, 9.19)***
Diabetes
    No 12 782 91.6 1.00
    Yes 1184 8.4 1.82 (1.39, 2.38)***
Preventive attitude
    No 8944 61.8 1.00
    Yes 5022 38.2 0.59 (0.48, 0.72)***
Health insurance
    Without insurance 8426 61.2 1.00
    With insurance 5510 38.8 1.31 (1.08, 1.59)**
Schooling
    Elementary incomplete 3151 21.1 1.00
    Elementary complete 6834 48.9 0.47 (0.38, 0.59)***
    Middle complete 1911 14.7 0.31 (0.21, 0.45)***
    High school 1176 9.0 0.24 (0.14, 0.41)***
    College 894 6.2 0.32 (0.22, 0.49)***
Marital status
    Married 8867 67.2 1.00
    Single 997 6.0 1.15 (0.85, 1.56)
    Divorced 1011 6.2 1.49 (1.06, 2.08)*
    Widowed 2023 11.2 3.88 (3.05, 4.95)***
    Cohabitant 1068 9.3 0.78 (0.48, 1.25)
Occupation
    Government employee 1243 7.7 1.00
    Nongovernment employee 1349 10.3 1.13 (0.73, 1.74)
    Self-employed 4079 29.3 1.85 (1.22, 2.79)**
    Does not work/voluntary worker 7295 52.7 3.87 (2.64, 5.68)***
Residence
    Rural 4128 26.6 1.00
    Urban 9831 73.3 1.06 (0.81, 1.40)
Indian ethnic status
    No 13 054 92.5 1.00
    Yes 801 7.5 0.75 (0.51, 1.12)
Wealth index
    1 (poorest) 3734 28.4 1.22 (0.93, 1.59)
    2 3509 24.1 1.41 (1.12, 1.78)**
    3 3440 24.0 0.92 (0.64, 1.31)
    4 (highest) 3036 23.5 1.00

Note. OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.

* P < .05; **P < .01; ***P < .001.