TABLE 1.

Descriptive statistics and unadjusted odds ratios of total tooth loss by childhood, early adulthood, and late adulthood characteristics, Health and Retirement Study 2012 (N = 6,427)

	%/Mean (SD)	Unadjusted OR	95% CI
Total tooth loss	13.1%	-	-
Life course adversity measures
Childhood
Financial hardship	28.1%	1.81***	1.37, 2.38
Trauma	31.8%	1.93***	1.52, 2.46
Abuse	10.3%	1.33*	1.03, 2.06
Cigarette use	18.0%	1.76**	1.29, 2.39
Early Adulthood
Low educational attainment	47.9%	3.82***	2.81, 5.19
Late adulthood
Ever lived in poverty (≥ age 51)	20.5%	2.42***	1.79, 3.27
Current health conditions
Diabetes	22.4%	1.42*	(1.07, 1.87)
Lung diseases	9.5%	3.04***	(2.27, 4.08)
Memory performance	10.1 (3.2)	0.86***	(0.82, 0.90)
Current health behaviors
Dentist visit	67.7%	0.10***	(0.07, 0.13)
Current smoking	23.0%	3.54***	(2.30, 5.43)
Drinking (none = ref.)
Mild drinking	52.3%	0.36***	(0.27, 0.48)
Heavy drinking	3.7%	0.62	(0.36, 1.09)
Sociodemographic covariates
Age (51-60 = ref.)
61–70	29.5%	1.79*	(1.14, 2.80)
71–80	27.7%	2.59***	(1.81, 3.70)
+81	9.7%	2.84***	(1.82, 4.43)
Female	57.7%	1.13	(0.88, 1.45)
Race/ethnicity (NH White = ref.)
NH Black	7.6%	1.47	(0.99, 2.17)
Hispanic	5.2%	1.48	(0.94, 2.35)
Other	3.0%	1.28	(0.53, 3.08)
Married	63.7%	0.51***	(0.40, 0.66)
Childhood poor health	5.5%	1.40	(0.81, 2.42)

Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval; NH, non-Hispanic; OR, odds ratio; ref., reference; SD, standard deviation.

^*P < 0.05.

^**P < 0.01.

^***P < 0.001.