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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Dent Assoc. 2015 Jun;146(6):382–389. doi: 10.1016/j.adaj.2015.01.019

Table 2.

Logistic regression on presence of HPV in oral rinse specimens, NHANES 2009–12

Variable Model 1
AOR (95%CI)
Model 2
AOR (95%CI)
Model 3
AOR (95%CI)

Periodontal disease
  Yes 1.38 (0.92, 2.08) 1.33 (0.88, 2.00) 1.04 (0.63, 1.73)
  No reference reference reference
Sex
  Male 3.13 (2.27, 4.31) 3.15 (2.28, 4.35) 3.35 (2.35, 4.77)
  Female reference reference reference
Smoking
  Current 1.90 (1.40, 2.60) 1.92 (1.41, 2.61) 2.08 (1.47, 2.95)
  Former smoker 1.10 (0.76, 1.59) 1.14 (0.79, 1.66) 1.26 (0.80, 1.98)
  Never smoker reference reference reference
Lifetime sex partners
  2–10 3.80 (1.68, 8.60) 3.86 (1.75, 8.55) 4.04 (1.86, 8.75)
  11 or more 8.57 (4.04, 18.16) 8.69 (4.21, 17.94) 8.44 (4.37, 16.30)
  0–1 reference reference reference
Race/ethnicity
  Non-Hispanic Black 1.36 (0.95, 1.95) 1.66 (1.14, 2.43)
  Mexican American 1.24 (0.85, 1.80) 1.29 (0.87, 1.91)
  Other 1.36 (0.88, 2.09) 1.46 (0.96, 2.28)
  Non-Hispanic White reference reference
Education
  High School education or less 1.03 (0.72, 1.47)
  More than high school education reference
Age
  30–44 years 0.72 (0.47, 1.12)
  45 –69 years reference
Family income to poverty ratio
  Less than 2 1.04 (0.76, 1.44)
  2 and above reference
Alcohol consumption
  Moderate 1.01(0.61, 1.67)
  Heavy 1.08 (0.62, 1.90)
  No consumption reference

AOR= Adjusted odds ratio; CI=confidence interval.

Model 1 is a parsimonious model including periodontal disease, the variable of interest, and significant epidemiological variables; Model 2 additionally includes race/ethnicity; and Model 3 is the full model considered with epidemiological rationale.