TABLE 2.

Adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for risk of total tooth loss from the sensitive period model and accumulation model, Health and Retirement Study 2012 (N = 6,427)

	Sensitive period model		Accumulation model
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Life course adversity measures
Childhood
Financial hardship	1.24	0.91, 1.69	-	-
Trauma	1.37*	1.04, 1.80	-	-
Abuse	1.17*	1.03, 1.34	-	-
Cigarette use	1.44†	0.96, 2.17	-	-
Adulthood
Low educational attainment	1.52*	1.04, 2.22	-	-
Late adulthood
Ever lived in pover ty (≥ age 51)	1.19	0.84, 1.69	-	-
Number of periods experiencing social adversities over the life course
0 period	-	-	1.00	-
1 periods	-	-	2.65***	1.55, 4.55
2 periods	-	-	2.91**	1.57, 5.41
3 periods	-	-	4.06***	2.03, 8.13
Current health conditions
Diabetes	1.08	0.76, 1.53	1.05	0.76, 1.45
Lung diseases	1.80**	1.24, 2.61	1.77**	1.27, 2.46
Memory per formance	0.95†	0.90, 1.01	0.95†	0.90, 1.00
Current health behaviors
Dentist visit	0.13***	0.09, 0.19	0.14***	0.10, 0.20
Current smoking	2.36**	1.38, 4.02	2.50***	1.58, 3.95
Drinking (none = ref.)
Mild drinking	0.60**	0.44, 0.82	0.64**	0.47, 0.86
Heavy drinking	0.64	0.31, 1.31	0.74	0.37, 1.45
Sociodemographic covariates
Age (51-60 = ref.)
61–70	1.65*	1.06, 2.57	1.59*	1.10, 2.29
71–80	1.92**	1.22, 3.00	1.91***	1.38, 2.64
+81	2.44***	1.42, 4.22	2.58***	1.66, 4.01
Female	1.17	0.89, 1.53	1.14	0.89, 1.47
Race/ethnicity (NH White = ref.)
NH Black	1.17	0.78, 1.75	1.17	0.78, 1.74
Hispanic	1.31	0.74, 2.32	1.19	0.71, 2.00
Other	1.82	0.74, 4.50	1.43	0.59, 3.48
Married	0.76	0.54, 1.08	0.85	0.63, 1.14
Childhood poor health	0.84	0.45, 1.57	0.87	0.51, 1.49
F-statistics	19.70***		16.25***

Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval; NH, non-Hispanic; OR, odds ratio; Ref., reference group.

^†P < 0.10.

^*P < 0.05.

^**P < 0.01.

^***P < 0.001.