Table 3.
Periodontal disease as predictor of white blood cell markers overall and by sex – 2009–2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (n=11,813)
Unadjusted* | Gender & Age-Adjusted† | Fully-Adjusted‡ | |
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β (95% CI) | β (95% CI) | β (95% CI) | |
Overall: | |||
WBC count: | .277 (.162, .393) | .353 (.236, .471) | .199 (.088, .310) |
% Lymphocytes: | −.774 (−1.234, −.314) | −.340 (−.773, .092) | −.606 (−1.023, −.188) |
% Monocytes: | .0836 (−.078, .245) | −.120 (−.273, .033) | −.0174 (−.162, .128) |
% Neutrophils: | .628 (.103, 1.154) | .487 (−.0088, .985) | .659 (.180, 1.138) |
% Eosinophils: | .063 (−.044, .170) | −.0225 (−.130, .0849) | −.0247 (−.134, .0848) |
% Basophils: | −.0011 (−.029, .026) | −.00385 (−.0326, .0249) | −.0105 (−.0406, .0197) |
Males: | |||
WBC count: | .463 (.301, .627) | .482 (.315, .651) | .295 (.144, .447) |
% Lymphocytes: | −1.089 (−1.687, −.491) | −.588 (−1.161, −.0157) | −.840 (−1.408, −.272) |
% Monocytes: | −.0171 (−.256, .222) | −.0877 (−.320, .145) | .0340 (−.1901, .259) |
% Neutrophils: | 1.148 (.368, 1.928) | .755 (.0191, 1.492) | .927 (.207, 1.646) |
% Eosinophils: | −.031 (−.188, .125) | .0627 (−.214, .0881) | −.0899 (−.243, .0632) |
% Basophils: | −.0109 (−.047, .0255) | −.0158 (−.0538, .0222) | −.0291 (−.0677, .00944) |
Females: | |||
WBC count: | .120 (−.0186, .259) | .231 (.0941, .368) | .105 (−.0427, .253) |
% Lymphocytes: | −.187 (−.804, .429) | −.1218 (−.713, .469) | −.378 (−.935, .178) |
% Monocytes: | −.00869 (−.177, .160) | −.157 (−.316, .00282) | −.0761 (−.234, .0818) |
% Neutrophils: | .125 (−.530, .781) | .256 (−.374, .885) | .422 (−.178, 1.023) |
% Eosinophils: | .0616 (−.0868, .210) | .0181 (−.129, .166) | .0311 (−.112, .175) |
% Basophils: | .0102 (−.0217, .0421) | .00528 (−.0286, .0392) | .00134 (−.0354, .0380) |
Statistically significant (P<0.05) gender-by-periodontitis interaction effects for WBC count, %lymphocytes and %neutrophils
Statistically significant (P<0.05) gender-by-periodontitis interaction effects for WBC count, %lymphocytes and %neutrophils
Statistically significant (P<0.05) gender-by-periodontitis interaction effects for WBC count, %lymphocytes and %neutrophils.