Table 2.
Adjusted hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals for the associations between denture use and all-cause mortality in middle aged and older adults from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging 2006–2018.
| Model 1 | Model 2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aHR | 95% CI | p value | aHR | 95% CI | p value | |
| REG (n = 3921) | ||||||
| Denture use | ||||||
| Yes | 1.291 | 1.07–1.55 | 0.007 | 1.297 | 1.05–1.60 | 0.016 |
| No | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Chewing abilities | ||||||
| Good | 1.000 | |||||
| Usually | 1.002 | 0.79–1.28 | 0.990 | |||
| Bad | 0.990 | 0.77–1.28 | 0.941 | |||
| Non-REG (n = 6290) | ||||||
| Denture use | ||||||
| Yes | 1.029 | 0.92–1.15 | 0.624 | 1.011 | 0.89–1.15 | 0.860 |
| No | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Chewing abilities | ||||||
| Good | 1.000 | |||||
| Usually | 1.048 | 0.88–1.25 | 0.598 | |||
| Bad | 1.074 | 0.90–1.28 | 0.429 | |||
aHR Adjusted hazard ratio, CI Confidence interval, p value using Cox model, REG Regular exercise group. All models were adjusted for age, education, sex, marital status, working restriction, health insurances, alcohol consumption, number of chronic diseases, and self-rated health.