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Table 2 Unadjusted odds ratios of risk factors for different cognitive impairment outcomes

From: Cognitive impairment and edentulism among older adults: an observational study using claims data

  

Clinically diagnosed cognitive impairment

 Ordinal cognitive impairment

Variable

% of cases in the study sample

Odds ratio (95% CI)

Odds ratio (95% CI)

Age group of beneficiaries:

  65–69

47.89

Reference

Reference

  70–79

36.40

4.43 (4.13–4.76)

3.28 (3.12–3.46)

  80–89

13.04

18.43 (17.14–19.75)

12.23 (11.61–12.88)

  90–99

2.61

38.14 (34.87–41.81)

26.30 (24.44–28.35)

  100–109

0.06

34.87 (21.17–55.44)

29.17 (18.62–44.45)

Denture status of beneficiaries:

  Complete denture on both jaws

1.41

1.90 (1.64–2.19)

1.92 (1.70–2.15)

  Complete denture on one jaw

3.66

1.88 (1.72–2.05)

1.88 (1.74–2.02)

Existing condition in beneficiaries:

  Diabetes

24.63

1.85 (1.77–1.93)

2.11 (2.04–2.20)

  Hypertension

62.41

5.33 (4.98–5.70)

5.71 (5.41–6.02)

  High Cholesterol

61.52

2.86 (2.71–3.03)

3.14 (3.01–3.27)

  Depression

4.76

6.20 (5.86–6.56)

5.92 (5.62–6.24)

  History of Smoking

17.26

1.69 (1.61–1.77)

1.96 (1.89–2.03)