TABLE 3.

Prevalence and Odds Ratio of Carotid Artery Plaque Across Tooth Loss Categories as Predicted by Logistic Regression

	0–9 Missing Teeth		10–19 Missing Teeth		20–31 Missing Teeth		Edentulous
Model	Prevalence, %	OR	Prevalence, %	OR (95% CI)	Prevalence, %	OR (95% CI)	Prevalence, %	OR (95% CI)
1	41	1.00	59	2.06 (1.38–3.09)	60	2.13 (1.39–3.26)	62	2.32 (1.50–3.63)
2	46	1.00	62	1.93 (1.27–2.94)	57	1.56 (0.99–2.45)	56	1.51 (0.94–2.44)
3	45	1.00	62	1.95 (1.25–3.04)	57	1.56 (0.96–2.54)	57	1.58 (0.95–2.63)
4	45	1.00	62	1.90 (1.20–3.00)	56	1.50 (0.91–2.47)	57	1.60 (0.93–2.75)

Model 1, unadjusted; model 2, adjusted for age; model 3, adjusted for age, sex, smoking, diabetes, systolic blood pressure, LDL-C, HDL-C, race-ethnicity, and education; model 4, model 3 plus tooth brushing, social isolation (as described in Materials and Methods), physical activity, and years of residence.