Table 4. Relation of oral health, life-style factors, and other variables to Metabolic syndrome in women.

Variable	Metabolic syndrome		Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
	Negative (n = 1,086)	Positive (n = 333)
	n (%)
Age
75 years old	677 (62.3)	197 (59.2)	1	1
80 years old	409 (37.7)	136 (40.8)	1.14 (0.89–1.47)	0.90 (0.68–1.18)
Smoking habit
Never/past	1,078 (99.3)	329 (98.8)	1	1
Current	8 (0.7)	4 (1.2)	1.64 (0.49–5.48)	1.50 (0.89–5.83)
Alcohol consumption
Never	924 (85.1)	278 (83.5)	1	—
Sometimes	126 (11.6)	45 (13.5)	1.19 (0.82–1.71)
Everyday	36 (3.3)	10 (3.0)	0.92 (0.45–1.88)
Exercise habit
No	544 (50.1)	179 (53.8)	1	—
Yes	542 (49.9)	154 (46.2)	0.86 (0.68–1.10)
Weight gain since 20 years of age
No	954 (87.8)	181 (54.4)	1	1
Yes	132 (12.2)	152 (45.6)	6.07 (4.58–8.05)	5.91 (4.42–7.91)
Eating speed
Slow	121 (11.1)	21 (6.3)	1	1
Normal	813 (74.9)	239 (71.8)	1.69 (1.04–2.75)	1.64 (0.97–2.75)
Fast	152 (14.0)	73 (21.9)	2.77 (1.61–4.75)	2.18 (1.21–3.95)
Intake drug to reduce cholesterol
No	697 (64.2)	168 (50.5)	1	1
Yes	389 (35.8)	165 (49.5)	1.76 (1.37–2.26)	1.54 (1.17–2.02)
Dental checkup frequency
<1 time/year	483 (44.5)	156 (46.8)	1	—
≥1 time/year	603 (55.5)	177 (53.2)	0.91 (0.71–1.16)
Secondary oral hygiene product
None	422 (38.9)	147 (44.1)	1	1
Sometimes	264 (24.3)	95 (28.5)	1.03 (0.77–1.40)	1.17 (0.83–1.65)
Use everyday	400 (36.8)	91 (27.3)	0.65 (0.49–0.88)	0.79 (0.57–1.10)
Community periodontal index
Code 0–2	414 (38.1)	127 (38.1)	1	1
Code 3	438 (40.3)	128 (38.4)	0.95 (0.72–1.26)	0.97 (0.71–1.31)
Code 4	156 (14.4)	47 (14.1)	0.98 (0.67–1.44)	1.00 (0.65–1.51)
Code X	78 (7.2)	31 (9.3)	1.30 (0.82–2.06)	1.00 (0.56–1.81)
Number of teeth
20–28 teeth	632 (58.2)	182 (54.7)	1	1
10–19 teeth	262 (24.1)	71 (21.3)	0.94 (0.69–1.28)	0.93 (0.66–1.30)
0–9 teeth	192 (17.7)	80 (24.0)	1.45 (1.06–1.97)	1.76 (1.16–2.68)
Need of prosthetic treatment
No	930 (85.6)	290 (87.1)	1	—
Yes	156 (14.4)	43 (12.9)	0.88 (0.62–1.27)

CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.