Table 4.
Adjusted means of blood biomarker levels by the number of teeth (brackets contain 95% confidence intervals)
| Number of teeth | Trend p value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | ||
| Serum albumin, g/dl1 | 4.40 (4.38–4.43) | 4.44 (4.42–4.46) | 4.44 (4.41–4.46) | 4.44 (4.42–4.47) | 0.03 |
| Hemoglobin, g/dl1 | 13.6 (13.5–13.7) | 13.6 (13.5–13.7) | 13.7 (13.6–13.8) | 13.6 (13.5–13.8) | 0.50 |
| Men2 | |||||
| Serum albumin, g/dl | 4.38 (4.35–4.42) | 4.45 (4.42–4.49) | 4.44 (4.40–4.47) | 4.45 (4.41–4.48) | 0.02 |
| Hemoglobin, g/dl | 14.4 (14.2–14.5) | 14.4 (14.2–14.6) | 14.4 (14.2–14.6) | 14.4 (14.3–14.6) | 0.55 |
| Women2 | |||||
| Serum albumin, g/dl | 4.42 (4.39–4.45) | 4.43 (4.40–4.46) | 4.44 (4.41–4.47) | 4.44 (4.41–4.47) | 0.36 |
| Hemoglobin, g/dl | 13.0 (12.9–13.2) | 13.0 (12.8–13.1) | 13.2 (13.1–13.3) | 13.0 (12.9–13.1) | 0.57 |
1Age, sex, smoking status, and the use of antidiabetic medications were adjusted
2Age, smoking status, and the use of antidiabetic medications were adjusted