Table 3.

Weighted, Adjusted Association between an Oral Cancer Exam in the Past Year and Smoking Status, Adjusted for Other Predictors by Multiple Logistic Regression (Maryland Cancer Survey, 2002–2008)

	n = 18,683		n = 18,571
Characteristic	OR*	95% CI	OR†	95% CI
Smoking status
Never smoker	1	(ref)	1	(ref)
Former smoker	1.05	0.96–1.14	1.09	1.00–1.19
Current smoker	0.72	0.64–0.82	0.88	0.77–1.003
Sex
Male	1	(ref)	1	(ref)
Female	1.35	1.24–1.47	1.25	1.14–1.37
Age in years
40–49	1	(ref)	1	(ref)
50–64	1.28	1.16–1.40	1.30	1.17–1.43
65–74	1.30	1.16–1.46	1.39	1.22–1.57
75 and older	1.07	0.94–1.22	1.11	0.96–1.28
Race
White	1	(ref)	1	(ref)
Black	0.48	0.43–0.53	0.53	0.47–0.60
Other	0.55	0.43–0.70	0.58	0.45–0.75
Marital status
Not married	1	(ref)	1	(ref)
Married or partnered	1.33	1.23–1.45	1.17	1.07–1.28
Education
Less than high school	1	(ref)	1	(ref)
High school graduate	1.75	1.44–2.13	1.15	0.92–1.44
Some college or college graduate	2.80	2.32–3.39	1.60	1.28–1.99
Advanced degree	3.70	3.02–4.54	1.95	1.54–2.47
Health status
Fair or poor	1	(ref)	1	(ref)
Excellent, very good, or good	1.50	1.34–1.68	1.26	1.11–1.43
Drinking status
None	1	(ref)	1	(ref)
Low risk	1.27	1.17–1.38	1.18	1.07–1.29
High risk	1.08	0.94–1.24	1.04	0.89–1.21
Survey year
2002	1	(ref)	1	(ref)
2004	1.03	0.92–1.14	1.04	0.93–1.17
2006	1.13	1.02–1.26	1.24	1.11–1.39
2008	1.27	1.14–1.42	1.47	1.31–1.65
Dental visit in past year
Yes	NA		26.56	21.26–33.18
No	NA		1	(ref)

^*Adjusted for smoking status, sex, race, age, marital status, education, health status, alcohol use, survey year.

^†Also adjusted for dental exam in the last year.