Table 3

Association between number of teeth and presence of cardiovascular diseases among never-smokers.

Variable

Myocardial infarction

Myocardial infarction

Stroke

Stroke

Crude PPR (CI)

PPR (CI) *

Crude PPR (CI)

PPR (CI) *

Number of teeth (continuous)

1.00 (0.98–1.02)

1.01 (0.97–1.05)

0.99 (0.95–1.03)

1.02 (0.94–1.08)

Dentate vs. edentate

0.9 (0.6–1.3)

0.9 (0.5–1.8)

0.8 (0.4–1.7)

0.9 (0.2–2.8)

Gender (male vs. female)

1.5 (0.9–2.3)

1.8 (1.0–3.1)

1.0 (0.3–2.5)

0.8 (0.2–2.0)

Age

1.06 (1.02–1.10)

1.07 (1.02–1.11)

1.00 (0.92–1.08)

0.97 (0.87–1.06)

Education (low vs. high)

1.1 (0.7–1.9)

1.4 (0.8–2.5)

2.2 (0.8–9.2)

2.7 (0.8–11.1)

Diabetes (no vs. yes)

0.6 (0.4–0.9)

0.5 (0.3–0.9)

0.4 (0.2–1.0)

0.5 (0.2–1.1)

Hypertension (no vs. yes)

0.9 (0.6–1.3)

1.0 (0.7–1.5)

0.6 (0.3–1.3)

1.0 (0.4–2.1)

BMI

1.04 (1.00–1.08)

1.03 (0.99–1.08)

1.00 (0.93–1.08)

0.97 (0.89–1.05)

Serum HDL cholesterol

0.83 (0.5–1.3)

1.50 (0.84–2.60)

0.32 (0.11–0.81)

0.23 (0.06–0.78)

Serum triglycerides

1.23(1.00–1.46)

1.13 (0.90–1.43)

1.23 (0.82–1.69)

0.89 (0.48–1.34)

Alcohol consumption (no vs. yes)

1.3 (0.9–1.9)

1.3 (0.8–2.0)

0.8(0.4–1.7)

0.8 (0.4–1.7)

Physical activity (no vs. yes)

1.3 (0.9–1.9)

1.1 (0.7–1.7)

1.3 (0.6–2.6)

1.2 (0.5–2.3)

Unadjusted and adjusted prevalence proportion ratios (PPR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI).

*Adjusted for gender, age (as a continuous variable), basic education, diabetes, hypertension, BMI (as a continuous variable), serum HDL cholesterol (as a continuous variable), serum triglycerides (as a continuous variable), alcohol consumption, physical activity.

Syrjälä et al. Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine 2009 8:6   doi:10.1186/1477-5751-8-6