Table 3.
Association of oral health markers with bottom quartile of energy intake, top quartile of percentage of energy from saturated fat and low intake of fruits and vegetables in older British men aged 71·92 years in the British Regional Heart Study (Odds ratios and 95 % confidence intervals)
| Top quartile of energy intake (2274–4965 kcal/d (9514–20 774 kJ/d)) (n 490; 25 %) |
Top quartile of % of energy content from saturated fat (n 446; 25 %) (14·1–32·5%) |
Mean fruit and vegetable intake (< 5 portions/d) (n 231; 11 %) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age-adjusted OR | 95% CI | Fully adjusted OR* | 95% CI | Age-adjusted OR | 95% CI | Fully adjusted OR* | 95% CI | Age-adjusted OR | 95% CI | Fully adjusted OR* | 95% CI | |
| Tooth loss | ||||||||||||
| >21 teeth | 1·00 | 1·00 | 1·00 | 1·00 | 1·00 | 1·00 | ||||||
| 15–20 teeth | 1·41 | 0·99, 2·02 | 1·54 | 1·11, 2·16 | 1·03 | 0·72, 1·46 | 0·95 | 0·65, 1·37 | 1·62 | 1·04, 2·54 | 1·70 | 1·04, 2·78 |
| 8–14 teeth | 1·49 | 1·01, 2·19 | 1·43 | 0·99, 2·07 | 1·37 | 0·95, 1·98 | 1·32 | 0·89, 1·96 | 1·55 | 0·95, 2·53 | 1·47 | 0·86, 2·56 |
| 1–7 teeth | 1·44 | 0·83, 2·48 | 1·26 | 0·75, 2·10 | 1·62 | 1·00, 2·64 | 1·41 | 0·83, 2·40 | 1·19 | 0·59, 2·38 | 1·06 | 0·48, 2·31 |
| 0 teeth | 1·31 | 0·89, 1·92 | 1·12 | 0·77, 1·63 | 0·89 | 0·62, 1·29 | 0·71 | 0·47, 1·08 | 2·01 | 1·29, 3·11 | 1·94 | 1·04, 2·78 |
| Periodontal disease (% of sites with loss of attachment > 5–5 mm) | ||||||||||||
| < 20 % | 1·00 | 1·00 | 1·00 | 1·00 | 1·00 | 1·00 | ||||||
| >20% | 1·34 | 0·96, 1·87 | 1·19 | 0·86, 1·63 | 1·32 | 0·96, 1·81 | 1·27 | 0·90, 1·79 | 1·52 | 1·00, 2·30 | 1·52 | 0·96, 2·40 |
| Self-rated oral health | ||||||||||||
| Good/excellent | 1·00 | 1·00 | 1·00 | 1·00 | 1·00 | 1·00 | ||||||
| Fair/poor | 1·10 | 0·83, 1·44 | 1·10 | 0·85, 1·42 | 1·38 | 1·10, 1·74 | 1·34 | 1·02, 1·77 | 1·55 | 1·16, 2·06 | 1·66 | 1·16, 2·37 |
| Dry mouth symptoms | ||||||||||||
| No dry mouth symptoms | 1·00 | 1·00 | 1·00 | 1·00 | 1·00 | 1·00 | ||||||
| 1–2 dry mouth symptom | 1·34 | 0·98, 1·83 | 1·27 | 0·95, 1·70 | 0·97 | 0·74, 1·26 | 0·95 | 0·69, 1·31 | 0·88 | 0·63, 1·23 | 0·82 | 0·54, 1·24 |
| > 3 dry mouth symptoms | 1·49 | 1·08, 2·06 | 1·58 | 1·17, 2·13 | 1·20 | 0·92, 1·56 | 1·29 | 0·93, 1·78 | 0·95 | 0·68, 1·34 | 1·05 | 0·69, 1·60 |
| Cumulative oral health problems† | ||||||||||||
| 0 oral health problems | 1·00 | 1·00 | 1·00 | 1·00 | 1·00 | 1·00 | ||||||
| 1 oral health problem | 1·49 | 1·04, 2·14 | 1·26 | 0·90, 1·77 | 1·32 | 0·94, 1·83 | 1·18 | 0·81, 1·70 | 1·32 | 0·87, 2·02 | 1·08 | 0·67, 1·75 |
| 2 oral health problems | 1·33 | 0·88, 2 01 | 1·28 | 0·87, 1·88 | 1·50 | 1·05, 2·15 | 1·31 | 0·87, 1·98 | 1·13 | 0·70, 1·81 | 1·03 | 0·59, 1·78 |
| > 3 oral health problems | 2·15 | 1·32, 3·49 | 2·32 | 1·46, 3·67 | 1·90 | 1·24, 2·91 | 1·68 | 1·01, 2·78 | 1·58 | 0·92, 2·72 | 1·60 | 0·84, 3·07 |
*
Age, social class, smoking, alcohol, history of CVD and diabetes, and BMI; for fruits and vegetables, energy intake was added in the model.
†
< 21 remaining teeth, ≥ 3 dry mouth symptoms, difficulty eating, sensitivity to hot/cold/sweets.