Table 4.

Adjusted Odds Ratios (OR) and 95% Confidence Intervals (95% CI) for Impaired Oral Health Quality of Life, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2003–2004

	Model 1a(n=4,208)		Model 2b(n=3,983)		Model 3c(n=3,824)		Model 4d(n=3,819)
	OR	(95% CI)	OR	(95% CI)	OR	(95% CI)	OR	(95% CI)
Race/ethnicity and nativity
Non-Hispanic White, U.S.-born e	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Non-Hispanic White, immigrant	0.92	(0.61, 1.39)	0.89	(0.57, 1.39)	0.97	(0.63, 1.49)	1.01	(0.55, 1.87)
Non-Hispanic Black	1.33	(1.08, 1.65)	1.01	(0.82, 1.25)	1.03	(0.85, 1.24)	0.99	(0.80, 1.23)
Hispanic, U.S.-born	1.12	(0.73, 1.73)	0.84	(0.55, 1.28)	0.92	(0.61, 1.41)	0.82	(0.54, 1.25)
Hispanic, immigrant	0.47	(0.25, 0.89)	0.35	(0.20, 0.64)	0.42	(0.23, 0.76)	0.28	(0.15, 0.55)

^aModel 1 is adjusted for age, gender and language of interview

^bModel 2 is additionally adjusted for education and poverty income ratio

^cModel 3 is additionally adjusted for smoking status

^dModel 4 is additionally adjusted for self-rated general health, access to needed dental care, and number of retained teeth

^eReference category