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. 2013 Mar 7;17(4):844–852. doi: 10.1017/S1368980013000177

Table 2.

Age- and multivariate-adjusted hazard ratios and 95 % confidence intervals for the predicted 25(OH)D score and incident tooth loss and periodontitis among men participating in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, USA, 1986–2006

Predicted Person- Incidence Age adjusted Model 1* Model 2†
25(OH)D score Events years rate‡ HR 95 % CI HR 95 % CI HR 95 % CI
Tooth loss (n 42 730)
Continuous§ 13 581 539 335 2518 0·86 0·84, 0·88 0·90 0·88, 0·92 0·93 0·90, 0·97
Quintiles
Q1 (ref.) 2879 100 650 2860 1·00 1·00 1·00
Q2 2796 104 191 2684 0·91 0·86, 0·96 0·93 0·88, 0·98 0·97 0·91, 1·02
Q3 2728 107 687 2533 0·86 0·81, 0·90 0·90 0·85, 0·94 0·94 0·88, 1·00
Q4 2617 111 088 2356 0·78 0·74, 0·82 0·84 0·79, 0·89 0·89 0·83, 0·95
Q5 2561 115 720 2213 0·72 0·68, 0·76 0·80 0·76, 0·85 0·86 0·79, 0·93
P value for trend <0·001 <0·001 0·001
Periodontitis (n 35 644)
Continuous§ 3158 547 248 577 0·88 0·84, 0·92 0·91 0·86, 0·95 1·01 0·93, 1·10
Quintiles
Q1 (ref.) 673 102 935 654 1·00 1·00 1·00
Q2 629 105 771 595 0·91 0·81, 1·01 0·92 0·82, 1·03 0·98 0·87, 1·11
Q3 638 109 436 583 0·88 0·79, 0·98 0·91 0·81, 1·01 1·01 0·88, 1·15
Q4 639 112 538 568 0·85 0·76, 0·95 0·88 0·79, 0·99 1·02 0·88, 1·18
Q5 579 116 568 497 0·74 0·66, 0·83 0·80 0·71, 0·90 0·97 0·81, 1·16
P value for trend <0·0001 <0·001 0·89

25(OH)D, 25-hydroxyvitamin D; HR, hazard ratio; Q1–Q5, quintile 1–quintile 5; ref., reference category; MET, metabolic equivalents.

*Model 1: age, smoking (CSI, comprehensive smoking index), pipe (yes/no), chewing tobacco (yes/no), multivitamin use (yes/no), vitamin E (quintiles), vitamin C (quintiles), dental profession (dentist/non-dentist), alcohol consumption (0, 0·1–4·9, 5·0–14·9, 15·0–29·9, ≥30·0 g/d), routine physical examination (yes/no) and diabetes (yes/no).

†Model 2: Model 1 + BMI (<22·0 (ref.), 22·0–24·9, 25·0–29·9, 30·0–34·9, ≥35·0 kg/m2), race (white, African American, Asian, other), and physical activity (MET/week; quintiles).

‡Incidence rate per 100 000 person-years.

§Per 10 nmol/l.