Table 5. Relationship of the variable combining the number of teeth and eating speed with metabolic syndrome.

	Eating speed
	Slow				Normal				Fast
	Negative	Positive	Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted* OR (95% CI)	Negative	Positive	Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted* OR (95% CI)	Negative	Positive	Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted* OR (95% CI)
Number of teeth
20–28 teeth	97 (5.3)	22 (3.9)	1	1	806 (44.4)	201 (35.7)	1.10 (0.68–1.79)	1.17 (0.70–1.98)	189 (10.4)	79 (14.0)	1.84 (1.08–3.24)	1.64 (0.93–2.91)
10–19 teeth	49 (2.7)	7 (1.2)	0.63 (0.25–1.58)	0.91 (0.35–2.39)	314 (17.3)	95 (16.9)	1.33 (0.80–2.24)	1.34 (0.77–2.34)	60 (3.3)	42 (7.5)	3.09 (1.68–5.67)	2.83 (1.46–5.50)
0–9 teeth	50 (2.8)	12 (2.1)	1.06 (0.48–2.31)	1.16 (0.49–2.76)	223 (12.3)	87 (15.5)	1.72 (1.02–2.91)	1.85 (1.01–3.38)	28 (1.5)	18 (3.2)	2.83 (1.34–6.01)	2.48 (1.06–5.78)

CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.

^*Adjusted for age, sex, smoking habit, exercise habit, weight gain since 20 years of age, intake drug to reduce cholesterol, using secondary oral hygiene products, and Community periodontal index.