Table 2.

Binominal logistic regression analyses on frequency of toothbrushing and risk factors for cardiovascular disease

Toothbrushing	Prevalence (disease/total)	%	Crude		Adjusted*
			OR	p Value	OR	95% CI	p Value
Hypertension
After every meal	5158/38 642	13.3	(reference)		(reference)
At least once a day	8430/46 980	17.9	1.34	<0.001	0.99	0.94 to 1.05	0.837
Less than once a day	75/242	31.0	2.32	<0.001	0.89	0.60 to 1.33	0.579
Total	13 663/85 864	15.9
Diabetes mellitus
After every meal	1188/38 642	3.1	(reference)		(reference)
At least once a day	2468/46 977	5.3	1.71	<0.001	1.17	1.07 to 1.29	0.001
Less than once a day	42/242	17.4	5.65	<0.001	2.03	1.29 to 3.21	0.002
Total	3698/85 861	4.3
Dyslipidaemia
After every meal	11 221/38 642	29.0	(reference)		(reference)
At least once a day	19 778/46 978	42.1	1.45	<0.001	1.18	1.14 to 1.23	<0.001
Less than once a day	146/242	60.3	2.08	<0.001	1.50	1.06 to 2.14	0.023
Total	31 145/85 862	36.3
Hyperuricaemia
After every meal	3341/38 643	8.6	(reference)		(reference)
At least once a day	8206/46 981	17.5	1.98	<0.001	1.08	1.02 to 1.15	0.011
Less than once a day	66/242	27.3	3.09	<0.001	0.87	0.60 to 1.26	0.446
Total	11 613/85 866	13.5
Chronic kidney disease
After every meal	1464/38 643	3.8	(reference)		(reference)
At least once a day	1454/46 981	3.1	0.82	<0.001	0.93	0.77 to 1.14	0.482
Less than once a day	20/242	8.3	2.18	<0.001	1.35	0.38 to 4.72	0.642
Total	2938/85 866	3.4

*Adjusted for age, gender, body mass index, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidaemia, hyperuricaemia and chronic kidney disease, and also for lifestyle habits—smoking, drinking, walk time and sleep time.