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. 2019 Nov 27;19:260. doi: 10.1186/s12903-019-0955-6

Table 3.

Crude and adjusted mean alveolar bone loss (mm) for both groups over time

Variables Adjusted MABL (mm)a
95% CI
p-value Unadjusted MABL (mm)a
95% CI
p-value
YearaBIS
 0 No BIS (reference)
 2 No BIS −0.027(−0.08,0.03) 0.374 −0.027(−0.08,0.03) 0.383
 0 BIS+ 0.084(−0.16,0.033) 0.515 −0.059(− 0.27,0.15) 0.594
 2 BIS+ 0.088 (0.001,0.176) 0.048 0.087(−0.0002,0.175) 0.051
Age (continious yrs)
 1 year increase − 0.002(− 0.016,0.012) 0.764
Gender
 Female (reference)
 Male −0.312(− 0.830,0.204) 0.236
Race
 White (reference)
 African American 0.476(−0.244,1.198) 0.195
 Asian 0.092(−0.246,0.432) 0.591
 Other −0.289(− 0.708,0.129) 0.176
 Unknown −0.108(− 0.348,0.130) 0.373
Median House Incomea
 Low (reference)
 High −0.153(−0.405,0.098) 0.233
Body Mass Index
 Underweight/Normal (reference)
 Overweight/Obese −0.235(−0.476,0.004) 0.055
Smoking Status
 Never smoker (reference)
 Former smoker 0.153(−0.199,0.505) 0.394
 Current Smoker n/a n/a
CVD
 No (reference)
 Yes 0.133(−0.165,0.433) 0.381
Hypertension
 No (reference)
 Yes −0.118(−0.388,0.150) 0.388
D4341
 No (reference)
 Yes 0.113(−0.169,0.396) 0.433
Random effect
 Between Individuals 0.14 (0.10,0.17) n/a
 Between Teeth 0.12 (0.10,0.13) n/a
 Between Sites 0.21 (0.19,0.22) n/a

N = 52 patients (2307 sites from 658 teeth)

aMean alveolar bone loss in millimeter