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Table 5 The associations of drinking water and dietary habits with number of natural teeth stratified by living areas

From: Associations of dietary and drinking water habits with number of natural teeth: a longitudinal study in the Chinese elderly population

Models

Urban (N = 13,929)

Rural (N = 5,967)

P

β (95 % CI)

P

β (95 % CI)

Model 1

    

Drinking habits

    

Un-boiled water

Ref

 

Ref

 

Boiled water

0.085

0.323(-0.044 ~ 0.691)

0.308

-0.292(-0.852 ~ 0.269)

Model 2

    

Drinking water sources

at around 60 years

    

Tap water

Ref

 

Ref

 

Well

< 0.001

-1.183(-1.394~ -0.971)

< 0.001

-0.606(-0.909~ -0.303)

Surface water

< 0.001

-1.080(-1.386~ -0.774)

0.042

-0.412(-0.811~ -0.014)

Spring

< 0.001

-1.267(-1.761~ -0.773)

< 0.001

-1.457(-2.065~ -0.850)

Model 3

    

Staple food

    

Rice

Ref

 

Ref

 

Corn

0.021

-0.555(-1.027~ -0.082)

0.651

-0.120(-0.638 ~ 0.399)

Wheat

< 0.001

-0.639(-0.858~ -0.419)

< 0.001

-0.768(-1.087~ -0.449)

Rice and wheat

0.381

-0.119(-0.385 ~ 0.147)

0.059

0.375(-0.014 ~ 0.765)

Model 4

    

Frequency of intake fresh fruit

    

Almost everyday

Ref

 

Ref

 

Quite often

0.273

-0.175(-0.487 ~ 0.138)

0.058

-0.449(-0.914 ~ 0.016)

Occasionally

0.003

-0.447(-0.737~ -0.158)

< 0.001

-0.735(-1.073~ -0.397)

Rarely or never

< 0.001

-0.975(-1.291~ -0.659)

< 0.001

-0.953(-1.342~ -0.565)

P for trend

< 0.001

-0.337(-0.431~ -0.243)

< 0.001

-0.320(-0.446~ -0.193)

Model 5

    

Frequency of intake vegetables

    

Almost everyday

Ref

 

Ref

 

Quite often

< 0.001

-0.650(-0.843~ -0.458)

0.115

-0.309(-0.694 ~ 0.075)

Occasionally

0.004

-0.409(-0.690~ -0.129)

0.001

-0.623(-0.985~ -0.260)

Rarely or never

0.047

-0.608(-1.206~ -0.009)

0.014

-0.926(-1.661~ -0.191)

P for trend

< 0.001

-0.302(-0.413~ -0.192)

< 0.001

-0.310(-0.456~ -0.164)

Model 6

    

Frequency of intake meat

    

Almost everyday

Ref

 

Ref

 

Occasionally

0.002

-0.307(-0.504~ -0.111)

0.230

-0.167(-0.439 ~ 0.105)

Rarely or never

0.006

-0.356(-0.611~ -0.102)

0.905

0.021(-0.322 ~ 0.364)

P for trend

0.001

-0.202(-0.324~ -0.079)

0.876

-0.013(-0.182 ~ 0.155)

Model 7

    

Frequency of intake fish

    

Almost everyday

Ref

 

Ref

 

Occasionally

< 0.001

-0.569(-0.784~ -0.355)

0.496

0.113(-0.211 ~ 0.436)

Rarely or never

< 0.001

-0.785(-1.019~ -0.551)

0.388

-0.159(-0.518 ~ 0.201)

P for trend

< 0.001

-0.388(-0.505~ -0.272)

0.266

-0.101(-0.279 ~ 0.077)

  1. In all models, age, weight, marital status, education, ethnicity, current smoker, current alcohol consumer, physical activity, living areas, false teeth, self-reported health, history of hypertension, history of diabetes, history of cardiovascular diseases, and wave were adjusted