Table 2 Factors associated with the probability of malnutrition or risk of malnutrition defined by a MNA score < 24, PAQUID oral sub-study (n = 87), France, 2014
From: The association between oral health and nutritional status in older adults: a cross-sectional study
Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | OR | 95% CI | p-value | OR | 95% CI | p-value |
Age (years), mean (sd) | 1.06 | [0.90 – 1.23] | 0.485 | 1.10 | [0.90—1.34] | 0.150 |
Females (vs. Males) | 4.77 | [1.23 – 31.65] | 0.047 | 4.55 | [0.75 – 48.43] | 0.326 |
Higher school level (vs. No) | 0.88 | [0.26 – 3.50] | 0.843 | |||
Living alone (vs. No), | 0.86 | [0.33 – 2.24] | 0.759 | |||
Institutionalized (vs. living at home) | 3.97 | [1.42 – 11.36] | 0.009 | 1.38 | [0.28 – 6.51] | 0.535 |
Dementia (vs. No) | 1.18 | [0.40 – 3.31] | 0.752 | |||
Number of medications per day, mean (sd) | 1.23 | [1.05 – 1.48] | 0.015 | 1.07 | [0.86 – 1.35] | 0.142 |
Psychotropic intake (vs. No) | 1.53 | [0.58 – 4.03] | 0.388 | |||
Presence of comorbiditiesa (vs. No) | 0.89 | [0.32 – 2.65] | 0.834 | |||
Hierarchical disability scale | 0.020 | 0.186 | ||||
No or mild dependency | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | ||
Moderate dependency | 2.81 | [0.62 – 20.05] | 3.77 | [0.57 – 37.41] | ||
Severe dependency | 6.86 | [1.60 – 47.94] | 6.83 | [0.87 – 74.81] | ||
DMFT index > 19 (vs. ≤ 19), n (%) | 0.58 | [0.15 – 2.21] | 0.428 | |||
Posterior occluding pairs, mean (sd) | 0.69 | [0.49 – 0.99] | 0.041 | 0.66 | [0.37 – 0.98] | 0.089 |
Oral pain (vs. No), n (%) | 0.54 | [0.06 – 4.81] | 0.579 | |||
Xerostomia (vs. No), n (%) | 6.67 | [2.26 – 19.63] | 0.0006 | 8.79 | [2.38 – 39.10] | 0.002 |
Prosthetic rehabilitation, n (%) | 0.618 | |||||
No tooth loss or adequate dentures | 1.00 | - | ||||
Inadequate dentures | 1.94 | [0.21 – 18.07] | ||||
No dentures despite tooth loss | 2.67 | [0.29 – 24.64] | ||||