Table 3.

The relationship between dental status and daily nutrient intake

				Unadjusted			Adjusteda
Nutrient	Dental status	Mean	SD	Mean difference	95% CI	P	Mean difference	SD	P
Energy kJ/d [1 kcal = 4.186 kJ)	DEN	7178.68	2000.11	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
	D-DEN	6939.84	1891.55	− 238.84	− 518.59, 40.91	0.094	−87.55	− 359.96, 184.86	0.528
	E-DEN	6574.01	1846.91	− 604.67	− 888.13, − 321.21	< 0.001	38.83	− 212.96, 290.61	0.762
Protein g/d	DEN	70.85	20.56	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
	D-DEN	69.20	18.12	−1.65	−4.41, 1.11	0.242	0.71	−1.13, 2.55	0.447
	E-DEN	63.46	17.33	−7.39	−10.18, − 4.59	< 0.001	− 1.73	−3.71, 0.26	0.089
Fat g/d	DEN	64.84	23.14	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
	D-DEN	62.25	21.81	−2.59	−5.81, 0.62	0.114	−0.77	− 2.42, 0.88	0.359
	E-DEN	60.02	20.88	−4.82	−8.08, − 1.56	0.004	0.04	−1.75, 1.82	0.968
Sat Fat g/d	DEN	25.24	10.56	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
	D-DEN	24.42	9.67	−0.82	−2.31, 0.67	0.279	−0.35	−1.31, 0.61	0.476
	E-DEN	24.48	10.33	−0.75	−2.26, 0.76	0.328	0.64	−0.40, 1.68	0.229
Mono Fat g/d	DEN	22.52	8.58	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
	D-DEN	21.57	8.19	−0.95	−2.13, 0.22	0.112	−0.19	−0.88, 0.50	0.588
	E-DEN	20.43	7.18	−2.09	−3.28, − 0.90	0.001	− 0.13	− 0.88, 0.62	0.743
Omega 3 fatty acids g/d	DEN	2.04	1.05	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
	D-DEN	1.86	0.98	−0.18	−0.33, − 0.04	0.012	− 0.10	− 0.23, 0.02	0.110
	E-DEN	1.63	0.86	−0.41	−0.56, − 0.27	< 0.001	− 0.19	− 0.32, − 0.05	0.006
Omega 6 fatty acids g/d	DEN	8.72	3.76	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
	D-DEN	8.27	3.58	−0.45	− 0.97, 0.07	0.090	− 0.10	− 0.48, 0.29	0.632
	E-DEN	7.54	3.25	−1.18	− 1.71, −0.66	< 0.001	−0.32	− 0.74, 0.10	0.134
Carbohydrate g/d	DEN	204.71	63.81	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
	D-DEN	202.84	60.70	−1.87	−10.69, 6.96	0.679	5.22	0.76, 9.69	0.022
	E-DEN	194.59	55.93	−10.12	− 19.07, − 1.18	0.027	6.80	1.97, 11.63	0.006
Total sugars g/d	DEN	92.94	39.15	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
	D-DEN	92.94	39.15	−0.53	−5.96, 4.90	0.848	2.29	−1.74, 6.33	0.265
	E-DEN	82.00	33.92	−10.94	−16.45, −5.44	< 0.001	−2.35	−6.71, 2.02	0.291
NSP g/d	DEN	14.31	4.98	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
	D-DEN	13.67	4.73	−0.64	−1.32, − 1.80	0.068	− 0.13	− 0.71, 0.45	0.664
	E-DEN	11.82	4.25	−2.50	−3.19, − 1.80	< 0.001	− 1.11	− 1.74, − 0.48	0.001

Sat Fat, saturated fat; Mono fat, monounsaturated fat; and NSP, non-starch polysaccharides. Data analysed using multiple regression. Data presented as means (SD), and unadjusted and adjusted differences in means (95% CI). The DEN group was fixed as the reference category in each model. ^aAdjusted for age, gender, SES (low, med & high), living status (living alone or not living alone), energy intake (kJ/d), survey year and smoking status (current smoker, past regular smoker & never smoked)