TABLE 5—
Association Between Periodontal Disease and Health Literacy Score After Control for Acculturation and Other Factors Among a Somali Refugee Sample in Massachusetts
| Characteristic | AOR (95% CI) |
| STOFHLA score: low vs higha | 0.22 (0.05, 0.98) |
| Acculturation | |
| Low vs high | 11.19 (1.73, 72.28) |
| Medium vs high | 6.33 (1.38, 29.02) |
| Women vs men | 0.33 (0.12, 0.86) |
| Education | |
| None vs ≥ high school | 1.40 (0.33, 5.87) |
| < High school vs ≥ high school | 0.32 (0.08, 1.30) |
| Years in US: 0–4 vs 5–10 | 0.52 (0.22, 1.24) |
| Treatment in past y: yes vs no | 0.23 (0.04, 1.18) |
| Brush teeth: yes vs no | 0.34 (0.14, 0.82) |
| QLM | 4.44 (1.43, 13.77) |
Note. AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; STOFHLA = Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults; QLM = Oral Health Quality of Life Measure. The sample size was n = 439.
a
Low = 0–22; high = 23–36.