Table 4.
Hazard ratios for mortality by dental health behaviors among subjects with dentures, Leisure World Cohort Study, 1992–2009.
| Men | Women | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Model 1* | Model 2* | No. | Model 1* | Model 2* | |||||
| HR | 95% CI | HR | 95% CI | HR | 95% CI | HR | 95% CI | |||
| Clean my dentures | ||||||||||
| Everyday | 743 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1443 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Sometimes | 90 | 1.11 | 0.88–1.39 | 1.11 | 0.87–1.40 | 87 | 1.13 | 0.91–1.42 | 1.09 | 0.87–1.38 |
| Never | 165 | 1.23 | 1.03–1.46 | 1.24 | 1.03–1.48 | 531 | 0.85 | 0.76–0.94 | 0.87 | 0.78–0.97 |
| Use mouth wash | ||||||||||
| Everyday | 297 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 751 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Sometimes | 308 | 0.91 | 0.77–1.08 | 0.93 | 0.78–1.10 | 668 | 0.95 | 0.85–1.07 | 0.95 | 0.85–1.06 |
| Never | 393 | 0.99 | 0.84–1.15 | 1.02 | 0.87–1.20 | 642 | 0.96 | 0.86–1.08 | 0.99 | 0.88–1.11 |
| Number of dental visits within the last 12 months | ||||||||||
| 2+ | 612 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1310 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| 1 | 137 | 1.04 | 0.86–1.26 | 1.09 | 0.89–1.33 | 299 | 1.09 | 0.95–1.25 | 1.10 | 0.96–1.26 |
| 0 | 249 | 1.33 | 1.14–1.55 | 1.23 | 1.05–1.45 | 452 | 1.26 | 1.12–1.42 | 1.20 | 1.07–1.35 |
*Model 1: adjusted for age at entry.
Model 2: adjusted for age at entry, smoking, alcohol, caffeine, active activities, other activities, body mass index, high blood pressure, angina, heart attack, stroke, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and cancer.