New measure of functional tooth loss for successful Oral ageing: a cross-sectional study

BMC Geriatrics

Table 5 Stratified chi-square test of positions of tooth loss and sGOHAI score in the subgroups (n = 744)

Subgroups of functional tooth loss		Total sGOHAI score
Subgroups of functional tooth loss		Pearson χ² value	OR	95% CI
When the cut-off was 12	≤12
	Lost second molars	8.81^**	0.58^**	0.40, 0.83^**
	Lost first molars	5.68^*	0.65^*	0.45, 0.93^*
	Lost second premolars	6.65^*	0.60^*	0.41, 0.87^*
	Lost first premolars	0.33	0.88	0.56, 1.37
	Lost canine teeth	1.41	1.62	0.73, 3.62
	Lost lateral incisor	0.03	1.04	0.63, 1.72
	Lost central incisor	0.00	0.99	0.60, 1.64
	> 12
	Lost second molars	0.06	1.24	0.20, 7.56
	Lost first molars	0.02	0.82	0.05, 13.30
	Lost second premolars	0.01	0.96	0.31, 2.94
	Lost first premolars	0.85	0.62	0.22, 1.72
	Lost canine teeth	2.03	0.67	0.39, 1.16
	Lost lateral incisor	2.93	0.56	0.29, 1.09
	Lost central incisor	0.04	0.94	0.52, 1.73
When the cut-off was 16	≤16
	Lost second molars	8.57^**	0.60^**	0.42, 0.84^**
	Lost first molars	6.75^**	0.64^**	0.46, 0.90^**
	Lost second premolars	7.60^**	0.62^**	0.44, 0.87^**
	Lost first premolars	1.11	0.82	0.57. 1.19
	Lost canine teeth	0.01	0.98	0.56, 1.71
	Lost lateral incisor	0.82	0.83	0.55, 1.25
	Lost central incisor	0.56	0.85	0.56, 1.30
	> 16
	Lost second molars	1.40	1.01	0.99, 1.04
	Lost first molars	-^a
	Lost second premolars	1.46	0.98	0.95, 1.01
	Lost first premolars	0.77	0.35	0.03, 3.98
	Lost canine teeth	< 0.01	1.01	0.42, 2.42
	Lost lateral incisor	0.07	1.21	0.28, 5.24
	Lost central incisor^b	5.96^*	8.78^*	1.11, 69.60^*

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
^a Failed to report the result because the variable was constant
^b The results were unstable due to the limited sample size and skewed data distribution
^*P<.05, ^**P<.01, ^***P<.001 (highlighted in bold)

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