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Table 5 Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% Confidence Limits (CL) for having any oral impacts on daily performance (OIDP total >0) according to clinical and non-clinical variables.

From: Psychometric properties and the prevalence, intensity and causes of oral impacts on daily performance (OIDP) in a population of older Tanzanians

  

Unadjusted

Adjusted

 

%(n)

OR

95%CI

OR

95% CL

Age (years): 50–59

57.1 (257)

1

 

1

 

   60–69

50.7 (151)

0.8

0.5–1.1

0.6

0.4–0.8

   70+

58.1 (158)

1.0

0.7–1.4

0.7

0.4–1.0

Sex: Male

54.8 (258)

1

 

1

 

   Female

56.1 (308)

1.0

0.8–1.3

0.9

0.6–1.2

Place: Urban

48.8 (248)

1

 

1

 

   Rural

62.1 (318)**

1.6

1.2–2.1

1.2

0.9–1.7

Wealth: 1st least poor

50.2 (127)

1

 

1

 

   2nd

48.0 (120)

0.9

0.6–1.2

0.5

0.5–1.1

   3rd

59.1 (139)

1.4

1.0–2.0

0.5

0.5–1.1

   4th most poor

63.8 (180)**

1.8

1.4–2.4

0.4

0.4–1.1

OHS: Good

38.0 (249)

1

 

1

 

   Bad

86.8 (317)**

10.6

7.5–15.0

7.7

5.4–11.1

Chewing food: all

44.3 (313)

1

 

1

 

   soft

80.6 (253)**

4.9

3.6–6.7

3.2

2.1–4.7

Decayed teeth: 0–1

49.5 (249)

1

 

1

 

   2–22

61.3 (317)**

1.6

1.3–2.1

0.9

0.7–1.3

Missing teeth: 0–10

53.4 (449)

1

 

1

 

   11–19

64.0 (80)

1.5

1.0–2.1

0.6

0.4–1.1

   20+

68.5 (37)*

1.8

1.0–3.2

0.6

0.2–1.3

Posterior Occl Units:

     

   10

41.0 (73)

1

 

1

 

   0–9

58.6 (493)**

2.0

1.4–2.8

1.7

1.2–2.6

Mobile teeth: 0–1

52.1 (428)

1

 

1

 

   2 or more

69.3 (138)**

2.0

1.4–2.8

1.4

0.9–2.1

  1. The total number in the different categories did not add up to 566 owing to missing values. ** p ≤ 0.001.