Table 3.

Odds ratio estimating effects of the number of natural remaining teeth ^a (NRT) on sarcopenia

	Unadjustedb model					Adjustedc model
	β	OR (95% CI)	P	β	OR (95% CI)		P
Possible sarcopeniad	0.023	1.02 (0.56–1.89)	0.94	-0.20	0.82 (0.44–1.53)		0.533
Diagnosed sarcopeniad	1.775	5.90 (4.09–8.53)	< 0.001	1.75	5.79 (3.90–8.59)		< 0.001
Severe sarcopeniad	2.414	11.18 (7.57–16.51)	< 0.001	1.99	7.32 (4.28–12.52)		< 0.001

NRT Natural remaining teeth, OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval

Data are shown as odds ratios (95% confidence interval)

^aNRT ≥ 20 was the reference

^bCrude association

^cAdjusted for age, sex, education level, household income, alcohol drinking, smoking, chronic diseases, and physical activity score by logistic regression

^dNon-sarcopenia was the reference