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. 2014 Oct 21;6(10):4476–4490. doi: 10.3390/nu6104476

Table 4.

Logistic regression analysis with severe periodontitis as dependent variable.

Variables * Categories ORcrd 95%CI P value ORadj 95%CI P value
Age, years <65 1 1
≥65 1.57 0.95, 2.62 0.080 1.45 0.80, 2.62 0.218
Presence of hypertension No 1 1
Yes 1.70 1.02, 2.84 0.044 1.46 0.82, 2.59 0.196
Smoking Never 1 1
Former 1.61 0.74, 3.49 0.232 1.35 0.57, 3.19 0.501
Current 3.44 1.12, 10.55 0.031 3.98 1.11, 14.29 0.034
Alcohol consumption Never/former 1 1
Current 1.40 0.85, 2.30 0.175 1.45 0.82, 2.57 0.202
Vegetable consumption ≤3–4 times/week 1 1
Every day 0.56 0.35, 0.90 0.018 0.59 0.34, 1.00 0.050
Coffee consumption <1 cup/day 1 1
≥1 cup/day 0.54 0.34, 0.87 0.012 0.55 0.32, 0.92 0.023
Coffee consumed with sugar Yes 1 1
No/others/unknown 0.63 0.38, 1.06 0.081 0.69 0.39, 1.22 0.200
Number of teeth present 0.93 0.89, 0.97 0.001 0.95 0.90, 0.99 0.027
BOP (%) <20 1 1
≥20 4.13 2.30, 7.41 <0.001 3.67 1.96, 6.86 <0.001

ORcrd, unadjusted odds ratio; ORadj, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; BOP, bleeding on probing. P values were considered statistically significant if less than 0.05. * Variables were selected according to P value less than 0.20 with the chi-square test or unpaired t-test in Table 2 and considering previous studies; Wald test; Odds ratio adjusted by age, hypertension, smoking, alcohol consumption, vegetable consumption, coffee consumption, coffee consumed with sugar, number of teeth present, and BOP. According to the Hosmer and Lemeshow test, chi-square statistic was 6.599 (p = 0.580).