Table 2.

Multinomial Logistic Regression of Permanent Tooth Loss^* by Frequency of SSB Intake Among U.S. Young Adults Aged 18 to 39 Years in 18 States, BRFSS, 2012

			1–5 tooth loss			6 or more tooth loss
		OR	95% Cl	P	OR	95% Cl	P
SSB intake	0 times/d	ref			ref
	>0 to <1 times/d	1.44	1.16–1.79	0.001	1.24	0.66–2.33	0.506
	1 to 2 times/d	1.58	1.25–1.99	<0.001	2.20	1.15–4.22	0.017
	>2 times/d	1.97	1.51–2.58	<0.001	2.81	1.37–5.76	0.005
Sex	Male	0.95	0.83–1.1	0.528	0.57	0.41–0.79	0.001
	Female	ref			ref
Age (y)	18–25	0.30	0.24–0.37	<0.001	0.09	0.06–0.14	<0.001
	26–32	0.66	0.56–0.78	<0.001	0.40	0.28–0.57	<0.001
	33–39	ref			ref
Race/ethnicity	White, NH	ref			ref
	Black, NH	1.75	1.42–2.15	<0.001	0.74	0.48–1.15	0.185
	Hispanic	1.00	0.82–1.23	0.981	0.39	0.21–0.69	0.001
	Other, NH	1.58	1.24–2.02	<0.001	0.63	0.4–0.98	0.040
Annual household income	$0-< $25,000	1.48	1.15–1.91	0.002	5.82	2.95–11.46	<0.001
	$25,000 - <$50,000	1.27	1–1.62	0.050	3.56	1.91–6.63	<0.001
	$50,000 - <$75,000	0.98	0.75–1.28	0.893	1.57	0.79–3.12	0.194
	>$75,000	ref			ref
	Unknown	1.14	0.84–1.55	0.403	5.16	2.52–10.59	<0.001
Education	<high school	3.37	2.59–4.38	<0.001	4.64	2.54–8.46	<0.001
	= high school	2.02	1.65–2.48	<0.001	1.90	1.19–3.03	0.007
	Some college	1.68	1.38–2.03	<0.001	1.37	0.86–2.17	0.186
	College graduate	ref			ref
Marital status	Never married	0.92	0.76–1.1	0.354	0.99	0.65–1.5	0.951
	Single	1.24	0.98–1.56	0.075	1.58	1–2.49	0.048
	Married/couple	ref			ref
Recent dental visit	Yes	1.16	0.99–1.36	0.073	1.29	0.92–1.83	0.145
	No	ref			ref
Diabetes	Yes	1.94	1.31–2.86	0.001	1.94	1–3.75	0.048
	No	ref			ref
Smoking status	Current	1.73	1.46–2.06	<0.001	3.82	2.68–5.44	<0.001
	Former	1.38	1.11–1.71	0.003	1.89	1.24–2.89	0.003
	Never	ref			ref

BRFSS, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; P, P value; ref, reference.

^*Reference category of tooth loss was no tooth loss.