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Table 5 Association between severe periodontitis and RA disease activity (referred to patients in remission): ordinal logistic regression model

From: Association between severity of periodontitis and clinical activity in rheumatoid arthritis patients: a case–control study

 

Estimation

SE

p

OR (95% CI)

Bivariate model

 Threshold

  Remission

−0.969

0.210

  

  Low

0.099

0.193

  

 Periodontitis = Level 2 (ref. to 0 + 1)

1.105

0.308

< 0.001

3.02 (1.65–5.52)

Multivariate model

 Threshold

  Remission

−3.665

1.703

  

  Low

−2.504

1.687

  

 Periodontitis = Level 2 (ref. to 0 + 1)

0.979

0.392

0.012

2.66 (1.24–5.74)

 Age

−0.042

0.022

0.060

0.96 (0.92–1.00)

 Gender = man (ref. to woman)

−1.225

0.520

0.019

0.29 (0.11–0.81)

 Socioeconomic status (ref. to poverty (Ext + Rel))

  High

−1.465

0.713

0.040

0.23 (0.06–0.94)

  Medium

−0.186

0.587

0.752

0.83 (0.26–2.63)

  Low

−0.138

0.431

0.749

0.87 (0.37–2.03)

 Annual dental prophylaxis = Yes (ref. to no)

−0.444

0.395

0.260

0.64 (0.30–1.39)

 Osteoporosis (ref. to no)

  Osteopenia

0.034

0.446

0.940

1.03 (0.43–2.48)

  Osteoporosis

0.403

0.544

0.458

1.50 (0.52–4.35)

 Smoking (ref. to no)

  Smoker

0.303

0.537

0.572

1.35 (0.47–3.88)

  Former smoker

0.086

0.460

0.851

1.09 (044–2.69)

 Stress = Yes (ref. to no)

0.978

0.497

0.049

2.66 (1.00–7.04)

 BMI (continuous)

−0.011

0.043

0.800

0.99 (0.91–1.08)

 HTA = Yes (ref. to no)

0.808

0.429

0.059

2.24 (0.97–5.20)

 MI = Yes (ref. to no)

1.143

0.983

0.245

3.14 (0.46–21.51)

  1. BMI body mass index, CI confidence interval, Ext + Rel extreme poverty plus relative poverty, HTA hypertension, MI myocardial infarction, OR odds ratio, RA rheumatoid arthritis, SE standard error