Table 4:
Adjusted odds ratios (AORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) from logistic regressions on concordance between recommended care and self-reported oral health measures. Adults Aged 30 and older in National Health and Examination Nutrition Survey, 2013-14.
| Overall Oral Health Self-Perception |
Oral Pain1 | Impact on job or school |
Suspected Periodontal Disease2 |
Tooth appearance “does not look right” |
Tooth mobility3 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AOR [95%CI] |
AOR [95%CI] |
AOR [95%CI] |
AOR [95%CI] |
AOR [95%CI] |
AOR [95%CI] |
|
| Sex | ||||||
| Female | 1.46*** [1.28, 1.67] |
1.57*** [1.33, 1.84] |
1.58*** [1.28, 1.95] |
1.45** [1.12, 1.86] |
1.54*** [1.29, 1.82] |
1.59*** [1.35, 1.87] |
| Male (ref) | ||||||
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic Black | 0.56*** [0.43, 0.72] |
0.51*** [0.40, 0.66] |
0.59*** [0.46, 0.77] |
0.54*** [0.44, 0.66] |
0.60*** [0.49, 0.75] |
0.59*** [0.50, 0.70] |
| Hispanic | 0.66* [0.46, 0.94] |
0.54*** [0.40, 0.66] |
0.61*** [0.46, 0.77] |
0.52*** [0.38, 0.73] |
0.63**
[0.47, 0.85] |
0.57*** [0.45, 0.71] |
| Other | 0.52*** [0.35, 0.78] |
0.47*** [0.34, 0.65] |
0.52*** [0.36, 0.75] |
0.50*** [0.35, 0.73] |
0.47*** [0.33, 0.67] |
0.47*** [0.35, 0.61] |
| Non-Hispanic White (ref) | ||||||
| Age in years | ||||||
| 30 – 44 years (Ref) | ||||||
| 45 – 54 years | 0.99 [0.80, 1.22] |
0.76* [0.60, 0.97] |
0.73 [0.53, 1.00] |
0.92 [0.73, 1.16] |
0.83 [0.66, 1.05] |
0.85 [0.64, 1.14] |
| 55– 64 years | 0.80 [0.57, 1.14] |
0.56*** [0.40, 0.77] |
0.57** [0.38, 0.84] |
0.78 [0.56, 1.09] |
0.58*** [0.41, 0.82] |
0.62* [0.40, 0.97] |
| 65, or older | 0.81 [0.54, 1.22] |
0.74 [0.54, 1.02] |
0.69 [0.45, 1.08] |
0.78 [0.57, 1.05] |
0.72 [0.49, 1.04] |
0.83 [0.61, 1.12] |
| Insurance coverage | ||||||
| Yes (ref) | ||||||
| No | 0.71** [0.57, 0.89] |
0.51*** [0.40, 0.64] |
0.55*** [0.44, 0.70] |
0.54*** [0.44, 0.66] |
0.58*** [0.49, 0.69] |
0.55*** [0.46, 0.65] |
| Self-reported General Health | ||||||
| Fair/poor | 1.51*** [1.22, 1.86] |
0.97 [0.72, 1.31] |
0.98 [0.76, 1.27] |
1.17 [0.99, 1.39] |
1.26 [0.91, 1.74] |
0.98 [0.77, 1.26] |
| Excellent/very good/good (ref) | ||||||
| Physical Activity | ||||||
| No | 0.96 [0.79, 1.17] |
1.02 [0.86, 1.21] |
0.98 [0.76, 1.26] |
0.84 [0.69, 1.02 |
0.86 [0.74, 1.01] |
0.95 [0.83, 1.08] |
| Yes (ref) | ||||||
| Obese | ||||||
| Obese | 0.74** [0.61, 0.90] |
0.62*** [0.51, 0.76] |
0.65*** [0.52, 0.81] |
0.78 [0.60, 1.01] |
0.67*** [0.55, 0.82] |
0.67** [0.52, 0.87] |
| No (Ref) | ||||||
| Smoking status | ||||||
| Current smoker | 0.93 [0.67, 1.29] |
0.57*** [0.43, 0.77] |
0.56*** [0.39, 0.80] |
0.46*** [0.31, 0.67] |
0.65** [0.47, 0.88] |
0.56 [0.67, 1.18] |
| Former smoker | 0.88 [0.64, 1.21] |
0.85 [0.64, 1.14] |
0.85 [0.60, 1.20] |
0.86 [0.67, 1.09] |
0.90 [0.64, 1.27 |
0.89 [0.67, 1.18] |
| Never smoker (ref) | ||||||
| Dental visit | ||||||
| More than 1 year | 0.97 [0.73, 1.29] |
0.48*** [0.40, 0.57] |
0.50*** [0.42, 0.59] |
0.70*** [0.60, 0.82] |
0.73*** [0.61, 0.87] |
0.51*** [0.41, 0.65] |
| 1 year or less (ref) |
Note: based on 4,205 participants, who were 30 years and older and who had no missing data for the dentists’ oral health recommendations and responses from questions about oral health self-perception and oral pain. Asterisks represent significant group differences in concordance compared to the reference group based on logistic regressions.
Aching anywhere in the mouth during the last year.
If participant thought he or she “might have gum disease” (NHANES, 2017).
Participant was asked if “any teeth [were] becoming loose without an injury” (NHANES, 2017).
p < .001;
.001 ≤ p < .01;
.01 ≤ p < .05.