Table 4.
Influence of the demographic and clinical variables upon the number of teeth.
| Number of Teeth in Mouth | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–9 | 10–19 | |||
| OR (95%CI) | p-Value | OR (95%CI) | p-Value | |
| GSD | ||||
| Control | Ref. | |||
| Mild | 8.62 (1.95–38.03) | 0.004 | 1.53 (0.62–3.80) | 0.361 |
| Moderate | 2.29 (0.21–25.15) | 0.499 | 2.13 (0.72–6.33) | 0.174 |
| Severe | 11.00 (1.28–23.22) | <0.001 | 11.59 (1.36–29.01) | 0.025 |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | Ref. | |||
| Female | 1.87 (0.55–6.30) | 0.315 | 0.79 (0.38–1.63) | 0.52 |
| Educational level | ||||
| University | Ref. | |||
| None | 6.92 (0.73–65.26) | 0.091 | 2.60 (0.65–10.45) | 0.179 |
| Primary | 5.63 (0.60–52.37) | 0.129 | 5.83 (0.79–22.41) | 0.064 |
| Secondary | 3.00 (0.32–28.19) | 0.337 | 2.55 (0.72–9.02) | 0.146 |
| Smoking | ||||
| No | Ref. | |||
| Yes | 2.55 (0.73–8.93) | 0.142 | 1.62 (0.72–3.67) | 0.247 |
| Ex-smoker | 0.29 (0.03–2.82) | 0.286 | 0.58 (0.20–1.65) | 0.306 |
| Alcohol consumption | ||||
| No | ||||
| Occasional | 1.04 (0.91–2.04) | 0.887 | 1.06 (0.84–2.55) | 0.954 |
| Daily | 1.94 (1.21–4.04) | 0.121 | 1.02 (0.87–1.91) | 0.916 |
| Independence for brushing | ||||
| Alone | Ref. | |||
| Help | 17.71 (3.69–25.96) | 0.002 | 8.92 (1.23–19.25) | 0.043 |
| Dependent | 33.00 (5.71–45.66) | <0.001 | 13.38 (2.90–21.74) | 0.001 |
| No. brushings/day | ||||
| Never | Ref. | |||
| 1–2 | 0.12 (0.01–2.09) | 0.144 | 0.20 (0.02–2.00) | 0.17 |
| 3–4 | 0.69 (0.04–12.20) | 0.798 | 0.48 (0.05–5.03) | 0.54 |
| Plaque index | 1.39 (1.07–1.47) | <0.001 | 1.18 (1.03–1.10) | <0.001 |
| Bleeding on probing | 1.26 (1.06–1.15) | <0.001 | 1.15 (1.03–1.09) | <0.001 |
OR: Odds ratio; CI: Confidence interval; Statistical significance was established as p < 0.05.