Table 4 The association of edentulism with depression and poor self-rated health by age group estimated with multivariable logistic regression.

From: Population prevalence of edentulism and its association with depression and self-rated health

Characteristic

Depression

Poor self-rated health

Age < 50

Age ≥ 50

Age < 50

Age ≥ 50

OR*

P-value

OR*

P-value

OR*

P-value

OR*

P-value

Edentulism

1.57

0.003

1.03

0.789

1.38

0.028

1.04

0.605

 

(1.23–2.00)

 

(0.84–1.26)

 

(1.03–1.83)

 

(0.89–1.23)

 

Sex

 Male

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Female

1.64

<0.001

1.63

<0.001

1.30

0.004

1.24

0.001

 

(1.46–1.84)

 

(1.43–1.85)

 

(1.09–1.55)

 

(1.09–1.41)

 

Age (years)

1.01

<0.001

0.99

0.051

1.03

<0.001

1.02

<0.001

 

(1.01–1.02)

 

(0.99–1.00)

 

(1.02–1.03)

 

(1.01–1.02)

 

Education

 No formal

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

 ≤Primary

1.12

0.092

1.07

0.434

0.96

0.614

0.90

0.2127

 

(0.98–1.27)

 

(0.90–1.27)

 

(0.83–1.12)

 

(0.76–1.07)

 

 Secondary completed

1.17

0.029

1.10

0.427

0.72

0.004

0.72

0.025

 

(1.02–1.36)

 

(0.87–1.39)

 

(0.58–0.90)

 

(0.55–0.96)

 

 Tertiary completed

1.27

0.212

1.40

0.026

0.75

0.385

0.51

<0.001

 

(0.87–1.86)

 

(1.04–1.88)

 

(0.39–1.44)

 

(0.37–0.70)

 

Wealth

 Poorest

0.88

0.039

1.04

0.673

1.26

0.005

1.26

0.009

 

(0.77–0.99)

 

(0.86–1.26)

 

(1.07–1.48)

 

(1.06–1.50)

 

 Poorer

0.94

0.384

1.00

0.985

1.11

0.22

1.24

0.019

 

(0.82–1.08)

 

(0.84–1.19)

 

(0.94–1.30)

 

(1.03–1.48)

 

 Middle

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Richer

0.94

0.467

1.07

0.519

1.03

0.844

0.97

0.784

 

(0.80–1.11)

 

(0.88–1.29)

 

(0.77–1.37)

 

(0.79–1.19)

 

 Richest

0.89

0.168

0.99

0.948

0.75

0.022

0.67

0.001

 

(0.75–1.05)

 

(0.78–1.26)

 

(0.59–0.96)

 

(0.52–0.85)

 

Alcohol consumption

 Never or non-heavy

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Infrequent heavy

0.93

0.504

0.74

0.131

0.91

0.619

0.80

0.309

 

(0.75–1.15)

 

(0.50–1.09)

 

(0.63–1.31)

 

(0.53–1.22)

 

 Frequent heavy

1.10

0.633

0.91

0.787

0.93

0.763

1.01

0.962

 

(0.75–1.59)

 

(0.48–1.74)

 

(0.60–1.46)

 

(0.64–1.61)

 

Smoking

 No

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Not daily

1.25

0.048

1.05

0.774

0.92

0.545

1.12

0.436

 

(1.00–1.55)

 

(0.75–1.47)

 

(0.69–1.22)

 

(0.85–1.47)

 

 Daily

1.32

<0.001

1.17

0.044

1.03

0.724

1.13

0.132

 

(1.17–1.50)

 

(1.01–1.37)

 

(0.87–1.23)

 

(0.96–1.32)

 

Disability

2.61

<0.001

2.24

<0.001

5.45

<0.001

5.89

<0.001

 

(2.32–2.93)

 

(1.91–2.64)

 

(4.80–6.19)

 

(5.21–6.66)

 
  1. *ORs and (95% Confidence Intervals are presented). Models are mutually adjusted for all covariates in the table and chronic conditions and country.