From: Prevalence of chronic periodontitis in an obese population: a preliminary study
Predictors | CP OR (95 % CI) |
---|---|
Gender | |
• Male | 1 (Reference) |
• Female | 0.7 (0.3–1.4) |
Level of education | |
• Primary | 1 (Reference) |
• Secondary and Tertiary | 0.5 (0.2–1.2) |
Ethnicity | |
• Non Malays | 1 (Reference) |
• Malays | 0.5 (0.2–1.2) |
Smoking | |
• Yes | 1 (Reference) |
• No | 0.6 (0.3–1.3) |
Alcohol | |
• Yes | 1 (Reference) |
• No | 0.5 (0.2–1.7) |
Last Dental Visits | |
• <2 years | 1 (Reference) |
• ≥2 year | 2.6 (1.4–6.5)* |
• Never | 1.7 (0.6–4.7) |
Tooth Brushing frequency | |
• ≥2times/day | 1 (Reference) |
• 1 time/day | 0.9 (0.3–2.4) |
BMI | |
• Obese I | 1 (Reference) |
• Obese II | 1.8 (0.7–4.9) |
• Obese III | 3.2 (0.7–8.9) |
GBI sites | |
• ≤30 % | 1 (Reference) |
• ≥30 % | 5.0 (2.3–10.7)* |
VPI sites | |
• ≤20 % | 1 (Reference) |
• ≥20 % | 4.3 (1.7–10.9)* |