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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2019 Oct 21;30(12):1293–1300. doi: 10.1007/s10552-019-01238-3

Table 3.

Association of Periodontal Disease Severity and Edentulism with Elevated Serum Prostate-Specific Antigen, Men in NHANES 2009-2010a

No PD
(n=320)
Mild
(n=103)
Moderate
(n=500)
Severe
(n=229)
Edentulism
(n=111)
P-trendd
Odds Ratio (95% CI)
PSA>2 ng/mL 59 11 122 46 33
Model 1b Reference 0.78 (0.31, 1.96) 0.95 (0.53, 1.70) 0.82 (0.29, 2.34) 0.69 (0.29, 1.67) 0.69
Model 2c Reference 0.76 (0.32, 1.82) 0.95 (0.52, 1.75) 0.75 (0.27, 2.11) 0.65 (0.23, 1.79) 0.56
PSA>2.5 ng/mL 40 7 101 35 29
Model 1b Reference 0.80 (0.23, 2.78) 1.17 (0.58, 2.37) 0.87 (0.41, 1.83) 0.77 (0.36, 1.66) 0.91
Model 2c Reference 0.76 (0.23, 2.50) 1.12 (0.55, 2.27) 0.75 (0.38, 1.51) 0.67 (0.34, 1.31) 0.85
PSA>4.0 ng/mL 14 4 51 16 16
Model 1b Reference 0.77 (0.19, 3.17) 1.34 (0.72, 2.52) 1.10 (0.56, 2.17) 0.96 (0.30, 3.13) 0.45
Model 2c Reference 0.85 (0.22, 3.25) 1.58 (0.82, 3.04) 1.28 (0.60, 2.73) 1.27 (0.42, 3.82) 0.15
a

PD = periodontal disease; PSA = prostate-specific antigen; CI = confidence interval

b

Model 1 adjusted for age in years (continuous) and race/ethnicity (non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, Hispanic, other).

c

Model 2 adjusted for age in years (continuous), race/ethnicity (non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, Hispanic, other), body mass index (continuous), annual family income (<$25000, $25000-$74999, >$74999), education (<high school, high school, >high school), smoking (never, former, current), and diabetes (non-diabetic, pre-diabetic. diabetic).

d

P for trend for periodontal disease severity in dentate men