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. 2017 Nov 16;14:E115. doi: 10.5888/pcd14.170214

Table 2. Associations by Race/Ethnicity of Demographic and Health Characteristics With Having Lost 6 or More Teeth, Hawai‘i Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Population, 2011–2014a .

Characteristic OR (95% CI)
White Japanese Native Hawaiian Filipino Total
Sex
Female 1 [Reference]
Male 1.3 (0.9–1.8) 1.4 (0.9–2.1) 0.7 (0.4–1.5) 0.8 (0.4–1.6) 1.1 (0.9–1.4)
Age group, y
25–54 1 [Reference]
55–64 3.7 (1.8–7.6) 2.0 (0.5–7.9) 3.0 (1.1–7.2) 2.4 (1.0–6.2) 2.6 (1.6–4.2)
≥65 8.7 (4.4–17.1) 8.1 (2.3–28.4) 6.8 (2.7–17.0) 4.0 (1.8–8.8) 5.5 (3.6–8.5)
Education
High school diploma or less 4.5 (3.0–6.8) 6.2 (3.6–10.7) 3.4 (1.6–7.5) 3.3 (1.6–7.2) 4.8 (3.6–6.6)
Some college 1.9 (1.3–2.9) 2.5 (1.5–4.2) 1.9 (0.8–4.6) 1.3 (0.5–3.2) 2.0 (1.5–2.8)
College graduate 1 [Reference]
Marital status
Never married 1 [Reference]
Married or partner 1.5 (0.8–2.8) 0.8 (0.4–1.6) 2.1 (0.9–5.1) 3.4 (1.1–10.6) 1.3 (0.8–2.0)
Divorced/separated 2.6 (1.3–5.2) 0.7 (0.3–1.8) 5.1 (1.5–17.7) 5.0 (1.2–20.4) 1.9 (1.1–3.3)
Widowed 4.9 (2.4–10.0) 1.4 (0.6–3.0) 18.7 (6.3–54.9) 7.5 (2.1–27.2) 3.5 (2.1–5.9)
Annual income, $
≤24,999 6.5 (3.9–10.7) 7.1 (3.6–14.2) 4.4 (1.3–15.5) 4.7 (1.3–17.4) 6.0 (4.0–9.0)
25,000–49,999 4.1 (2.4–7.0) 3.3 (1.9–5.6) 2.5 (0.7–8.6) 2.7 (0.7–10.8) 3.3 (2.3–4.9)
50,000–74,999 1.8 (1.1–3.2) 2.4 (1.3–4.6) 1.7 (0.5–6.5) 2.3 (0.5–9.9) 2.2 (1.4–3.3)
≥75,000 1 [Reference]
Insurance
Yes 1 [Reference]
No 0.5 (0.3–1.1) 1.2 (0.2–8.1) 0.3 (0.1–1.3) 0.5 (0.2–1.5) 0.6 (0.3–1.5)
Metropolitan statistical area group
City center 1 [Reference]
Outside city center 1.4 (0.8–2.4) 0.8 (0.5–1.5) 0.9 (0.3–2.5) 1.1 (0.4–3.0) 1.0 (0.7–1.5)
Not in metropolitan statistical area 1.6 (1.1–2.3) 1.1 (0.7–1.6) 0.8 (0.4–1.6) 1.2 (0.6–2.4) 1.1 (0.9–1.5)
Dental visit in past year
Yes 1 [Reference]
No 3.1 (2.2–4.5) 2.0 (1.3–3.2) 2.9 (1.5–5.7) 2.2 (1.1–4.2) 2.5 (1.9–3.2)
Diabetes status
No diabetes 1 [Reference]
Prediabetes 2.1 (1.3–3.4) 1.0 (0.6–1.7) 2.9 (1.1–7.6) 1.1 (0.5–2.6) 1.5 (1.1–2.0)
Diabetes 4.2 (2.5–7.3) 1.4 (0.8–2.3) 3.9 (1.7–8.9) 2.5 (1.1–5.6) 2.4 (1.7–3.3)
Body mass index (kg/m2)b
Normal weight (18.5–4.9) 1 [Reference]
Overweight (25.0–29.9) 0.9 (0.6–1.3) 1.1 (0.7–1.7) 0.5 (0.2–1.3) 0.7 (0.4–1.1) 0.9 (0.6–1.2)
Obese (≥30) 1.7 (1.1–2.7) 0.9 (0.5–1.7) 0.5 (0.2–1.2) 0.5 (0.2–1.6) 0.9 (0.7–1.3)

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.

a

Analyses are unadjusted except for the total population, whose analysis was adjusted for ethnicity.

b

Calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared (kg/m2).