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. 2022 Mar 7;24(4):483–492. doi: 10.1111/jch.14451

TABLE 5.

Interaction between frequency of tooth brush and basic information on the incidence of hypertension and T2DM

Hypertension T2DM
Characteristic Cases/n Incident density/1000 PYs HR(95%CI) Pfor interaction Cases/n Incident density/1000 PYs HR(95%CI) Pfor interaction
Location
Urban 282/1130 37.31 1.89 (1.42,2.52)*** <0.001 165/1619 14.92 1.43 (1.01,2.03)* 0.175
Rural 680/2873 32.88 1.14 (0.95,1.37) 447/3777 15.80 1.38 (1.08,1.77)*
Age
<60 754/3443 30.74 1.47 (1.25,1.74)*** 0.486 477/4396 14.85 1.62 (1.30,2.03)*** 0.013
60‐ 208/560 56.37 1.35 (0.86,2.13) 135/1000 18.78 0.90 (0.57,1.43)
Ethic Group
Han 581/2229 36.38 1.53 (1.25,1.88)*** <0.001 394/3082 17.50 1.55 (1.21,2.00)** 0.067
Others 381/1774 31.05 1.18 (0.93,1.50) 218/2314 12.93 1.19 (0.85,1.67)
Sex
Male 477/1917 35.43 1.41 (1.12,1.76)** 0.509 303/2641 15.66 1.43 (1.08,1.91)* 0.474
Female 485/2086 32.73 1.42 (1.14,1.77)** 309/2755 15.45 1.42 (1.07,1.89)*
BMI
<18.5 52/262 27.75 1.30 (0.65,2.62) 0.097 30/330 12.76 1.02 (0.41,2.51) 0.290
24‐ 636/2689 33.33 1.58 (1.27,1.95)*** 358/3499 14.18 1.52 (1.14,2.03)**
28‐ 219/865 36.49 1.36 (1.02,1.80)* 152/1235 16.17 1.54 (1.06,2.25)*
>28 54/182 42.13 0.80 (0.47,1.38) 70/326 30.31 1.16 (0.69,1.96)
Hypertension
No / / / / 438/4015 14.92 1.73 (1.35,2.22)*** 0.001
Yes / / / / 174/1381 17.44 0.97 (0.68,1.39)
T2DM
No 895/3744 33.87 1.46 (1.24,1.72)*** 0.158 / / / /
Yes 60/239 34.94 1.03 (0.59,1.80) / / / /

Note: The models were adjusted for age (continuous variable), sex, ethic group, location, education, marriage, occupation, smoking habit, BMI (kg/m2), baseline hypertension, T2DM, and dyslipidemia; outcome factors were not included.

Cases: The number of outcome events in participants who brushed their teeth less than 2 times per day in the corresponding subgroup.

n: The number of participants who brushed their teeth less than 2 times per day in the corresponding subgroup.

Abbreviations: HR, hazard ratio; 95%CI, 95% confidence interval; PYs, person‐years.

* P<0.05, ** P<0.01, *** P<0.001