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Table 8 The associations of drinking water and dietary habits with number of natural teeth using multiple imputation dataset

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

Models

β

95 % CI

P

Model 1

   

Drinking habits

   

Un-boiled water

Ref

  

Boiled water

0.110

-0.056 ~ 0.275

0.195

Model 2

   

Drinking water sources

at around 60 years

   

Tap water

Ref

  

Well

0.192

0.066 ~ 0.318

0.004

Surface water

0.074

-0.175 ~ 0.323

0.565

Spring

0.408

0.272 ~ 0.545

< 0.001

Model 3

   

Staple food

   

Rice

Ref

  

Corn

-0.203

-0.466 ~ 0.060

0.150

Wheat

-0.490

-0.624~ -0.357

< 0.001

Rice and wheat

-0.196

-0.340~ -0.053

0.012

Model 4

   

Frequency of intake fresh fruit

   

Almost everyday

Ref

  

Quite often

-0.085

-0.242 ~ 0.072

0.292

Occasionally

-0.223

-0.350~ -0.097

0.001

Rarely or never

-0.449

-0.613~ -0.286

< 0.001

Model 5

   

Frequency of intake vegetables

   

Almost everyday

Ref

  

Quite often

-0.327

-0.426~ -0.229

< 0.001

Occasionally

-0.175

-0.307~ -0.043

0.013

Rarely or never

-0.293

-0.497~ -0.089

0.005

Model 6

   

Frequency of intake meat

   

Almost everyday

Ref

  

Occasionally

-0.153

-0.264~ -0.043

0.012

Rarely or never

-0.241

-0.371~ -0.111

0.001

Model 7

   

Frequency of intake fish

   

Almost everyday

Ref

  

Occasionally

-0.283

-0.388~ -0.177

< 0.001

Rarely or never

-0.408

-0.515~ -0.302

< 0.001

  1. In all models, age, sex, 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