Table 3 Adjusted association between ten-year probability major fracture and hip fracture and oral health related factors.

From: Associations between oral health status and risk of fractures in elder adults

Male

Major fracture probability (R2 = 0.054, P < 0.001)

Hip fracture probability (R2 = 0.051 P = 0.002)

B (95% CI)

P value

B (95% CI)

P value

Total tooth number

− 0.087 (− 0.135 to − 0.040)

 < 0.001**

− 0.065 (− 0.097 to − 0.033)

 < 0.001**

DMFT

0.005 (− 0.056 to 0.065)

0.881

− 0.001 (− 0.042 to 0.039)

0.944

Lean body mass

0.002 (− 0.090 to 0.093)

0.974

− 0.015 (− 0.071 to 0.042)

0.610

Metabolic syndrome

 Yes

− 1.359 (− 2.368 to − 0.350)

0.009*

− 0.633 (− 1.307 to 0.040)

0.065

 No

Reference

Reference

Recent history of falls

 Yes

− 1.132 (− 3.264 to 1.000)

0.297

0.144 (− 1.013 to 1.302)

0.806

 No

Reference

Reference

Parental osteoporosis history

 Yes

− 0.324 (− 1.571 to 0.922)

0.609

− 0.215 (− 1.012 to 0.582)

0.596

 No

Reference

Reference

CPI

 0

Reference

Reference

 1

0.001 (− 2.108 to 2.107)

0.987

− 0.228 (− 1.545 to 1.088)

0.733

 2

− 0.161 (− 1.424 to 1.102)

0.802

− 0.086 (− 0.975 to 0.803)

0.849

 3

− 0.919 (− 1.939 to 0.101)

0.077

− 0.561 (− 1.231 to 0.108)

0.100

 4

− 0.628 (− 2.037 to 0.780)

0.380

− 0.564 (− 1.532 to 0.404)

0.252

Female

Major fracture probability (R2 = 0.066, P = 0.004)

Hip fracture probability (R2 = 0.058, P = 0.009)

B (95% CI)

P value

B (95% CI)

P value

Total tooth number

− 0.113 (− 0.170 to − 0.056)

 < 0.001**

− 0.086 (− 0.129 to − 0.044)

 < 0.001**

DMFT

− 0.088 (− 0.152 to − 0.024)

0.008*

− 0.057 (− 0.105 to − 0.010)

0.018*

Lean body mass

0.093 (− 0.024 to 0.211)

0.119

0.041 (− 0.048 to 0.130)

0.362

Menopause age

0.030 (− 0.046 to 0.105)

0.778

0.002 (− 0.057 to 0.061)

0.951

Metabolic syndrome

 Yes

− 1.012 (− 1.999 to − 0.025)

0.045*

− 0.444 (− 1.185 to 0.297)

0.239

 No

Reference

Reference

Recent history of falls

 Yes

5.888 (4.740 to 7.037)

 < 0.001**

2.587 (1.764 to 3.410)

 < 0.001**

 No

Reference

Reference

Parental osteoporosis history

 Yes

− 0.428 (− 1.603 to 0.748)

0.474

− 0.522 (− 1.351 to 0.308)

0.217

 No

Reference

Reference

CPI

 0

Reference

Reference

 1

2.435 (− 0.070 to 4.941)

0.057

1.788 (− 0.449 to 4.024)

0.117

 2

0.120 (− 1.496 to 1.735)

0.884

0.130 (− 1.041 to 1.300)

0.827

 3

− 0.371 (− 1.716 to 0.973)

0.587

− 0.380 (− 1.329 to 0.568)

0.430

 4

− 0.982 (− 3.192 to 1.228)

0.382

− 0.324 (− 1.961 to 1.313)

0.697

  1. CI, confidential interval; CPI, community periodontal index; DMFT, decay, missing, filling tooth.
  2. Data obtained from the multivariate linear regression.
  3. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.001 by the multivariate linear regression.