A rapid, non-invasive tool for periodontitis screening in a medical care setting

BMC Oral Health

Table 2 Responses to the self-reported oral health (SROH) questionnaire, and their individual, unadjusted associations with periodontitis

Self-reported oral health item	Response, n (%)	Individual unadjusted odds ratio [95% CI]
Self-reported oral health item	Response, n (%)	Total periodontitis (moderate or severe)	p-value	Severe periodontitis	p-value
Q1. Gum disease
Yes^b	54 (34.6)	3.483 [1.553–7.813]	0.002*	3.769 [1.775–8.000]	< 0.001*
No	86 (55.1)
Don’t Know^a	15 (9.6)
Missing^a	1 (0.6)
Q2. Own teeth/gum health
Poor^c	38 (24.4)	6.457 [3.087–13.502]	< 0.001*	4.607 [1.974–10.751]	< 0.001*
Fair^c	61 (39.1)
Good	44 (28.2)
Very good	10 (6.4)
Excellent	2 (1.3)
Don’t Know^a	1 (0.6)
Q3. Gum treatment
Yes^b	26 (16.7)	4.658 [1.327–16.348]	0.010*	4.558 [1.883–11.032]	< 0.001*
No	127 (81.4)
Don’t Know^a	3 (1.9)
Q4. Loose teeth
Yes^b	38 (24.4)	12.783 [2.938–55.606]	< 0.001*	4.929 [2.267–10.714]	< 0.001*
No	118 (75.6)
Q5. Bone loss
Yes^b	17 (10.9)	9.195 [1.184–71.430]	0.011*	3.590 [1.276–10.103]	0.011*
No	137 (87.8)
Don’t Know^a	2 (1.3)
Q6. Tooth appearance
Yes^b	57 (36.5)	2.108 [1.006–4.417]	0.046*	2.483 [1.244–4.954]	0.009*
No	99 (63.5)
Q7. Floss use
1–7 days/wk.^b	115 (73.8)	1.837 [0.871–3.872]	0.108*	1.406 [0.636–3.108]	0.398
Never	40 (25.6)
Missing^a	1 (0.6)
Q8. Mouthwash use
1–7 days/wk.^b	51 (32.7)	1.658 [0.787–3.492]	0.181*	1.988 [0.987–4.004]	0.053*
Never	105 (67.3)

^aThe response ‘Don’t know’ and missing values were excluded for further analysis, similar to Eke et al. [14]
p-values from chi-square tests
^breference category
^cCombined reference category, according to Eke et al. [14]
*sufficing the cut-off p-value ≤0.20, making the predictor suitable for binary logistic regression modelling

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