Table 2.
Logistic Regression Models With Serum Albumin as a Dependent Variable‡ (crude OR: 3.15 (95% CI 1.46 to 6.82)
| Variable | Model 1* | Model 2† | ||
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| OR (95% CI) | P | OR (95% CI) | P | |
| Tooth loss | 0.0001 | 0.001 | ||
| Every five teeth lost | 3.10 (1.42 to 9.11) | 1.27 (1.07 to 2.10) | ||
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| Aged >60 years | 1.91 (1.26 to 2.91) | 0.01 | 1.57 (1.08 to 2.28) | 0.012 |
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| Males | 2.62 (1.82 to 3.78) | 0.01 | 1.43 (0.90 to 1.89) | 0.130 |
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| Non-Hispanic black | 2.91 (2.07 to 4.08) | 0.001 | 2.69 (2.00 to 3.61) | 0.02 |
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| Diabetes | 1.80 (1.27 to 2.55) | 0.001 | ||
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| BMI | 0.02 | |||
| Underweight | 1.02 (0.33 to 3.11) | |||
| Overweight | 0.89 (0.60 to 1.32) | |||
| Obese | 0.58 (0.38 to 0.94) | |||
| Morbidly obese | 1.70 (1.05 to 2.79) | |||
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| CKD status | 0.001 | |||
| Stage 2A2 | 2.36 (1.31 to 4.23) | |||
| Stage 3A1 | 2.35 (1.51 to 3.68) | |||
| Stage 3A2 | 2.50 (1.09 to 5.71) | |||
| Stage 4A1 | 2.47 (0.123 to 4.94) | |||
| Stage 4A2 | 4.66 (1.59 to 7.51) | |||
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| Smoking | 0.06 | |||
| Current | 1.07 (0.71 to 1.61) | |||
| Former | 0.98 (0.64 to 1.49) | |||
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| Dentures | 0.097 | 0.080 | ||
| Full | 1.78 (1.04 to 3.03) | 2.05 (1.34 to 3.14) | ||
| Partial | 1.12 (0.58 to 2.14) | 1.14 (0.64 to 2.06) | ||
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| Income | 0.400 | |||
| Medium | 0.86 (0.48 to 1.51) | |||
| Low | 1.39 (0.75 to 2.58) | |||
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| Education <12 years | 1.27 (0.87 to 1.84) | 0.205 | ||
*
Adjusted for age, sex, and race.
†
Adjusted for age, sex, race, diabetes status, BMI, CKD status, smoking, denture status, education, and income.
‡
Tooth loss emerged as a significant predictor of elevated low albumin (Crude OR: 3.15 (95% CI, 1.46 to 6.82) and sustained significance in fully adjusted model 2.