Table 4 Percentage of those who had good perceive general health and odds ratio of good perceived general health by mastication
From: Perceived general health in relation to oral health status in a rural Kenyan elderly population
Total number | Good general health | Logistic analysis | Multiple logistic analysisb | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | P valuea | Odds ratio | (95% CI) | P value | Odds ratio | (95% CI) | P value | ||
Can you masticate sufficiently now? | ||||||||||
No | 52 | 18 | 34.6 | 0.012 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
Yes | 79 | 46 | 58.2 | 2.63 | (1.27–5.44) | 0.01 | 2.29 | (1.05–4.99) | 0.04 | |
Total | 131 | 64 | 48.9 | |||||||