Table 1. Association between number of natural teeth, denture use, and depressive symptom scores among Chinese older adults — China, 2014–2018.
| Item | Coefficient (95% CI) for depressive symptom (N=3,310) | ||||
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | ||
| Abbreviation: CI=confidence interval.
* P≤0.05. ** P≤0.01. *** P≤0.001. | |||||
| Number of natural teeth | |||||
| 20+ | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | |
| 10–19 | 0.95 (0.90, 1.25)*** | 0.62 (0.35, 0.71)*** | 0.57 (0.34, 0.70)*** | 0.55 (0.32, 0.68)*** | |
| 1–9 | 1.21 (1.29, 1.60)*** | 0.69 (0.42, 0.77)*** | 0.60 (0.32, 0.67)*** | 0.59 (0.30, 0.65)*** | |
| 0 | 1.15 (1.25, 1.57)*** | 0.47 (0.21, 0.59)*** | 0.37 (0.06, 0.44)** | 0.33 (0.03, 0.41)** | |
| Pfortrend | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
| Denture use | |||||
| No | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | |
| Yes | −0.83 (−0.96, −0.71)*** | −0.40 (−0.50,−0.24)*** | −0.24 (−0.36, −0.09)*** | −0.27 (−0.32, −0.06)** | |