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Table 3 Weighted OR (95% CI) of retinol intake and periodontitis in each subgroup

From: Association between retinol intake and periodontal health in US adults

Subgroup

Retinol intake

Tertile 1

Tertile 2

P value

Tertile 3

P value

Age

     

 ≤ 60

1

0.78 (0.63, 0.96)

0.027

0.80 (0.65, 0.97)

0.036

 > 60

1

0.83 (0.61, 1.14)

0.264

0.77(0.55, 1.07)

0.131

Gender

     

 Female

1

0.86 (0.70, 1.07)

0.194

0.76 (0.59, 1.00)

0.063

 Male

1

0.72 (0.53, 0.98)

0.046

0.77 (0.56, 1.06)

0.121

Race

     

 Non-Hispanic White

1

0.87 (0.66, 1.15)

0.335

0.85 (0.65, 1.12)

0.258

 Mexican American

1

0.76 (0.54, 1.06)

0.128

0.89 (0.58, 1.37)

0.614

 Non-Hispanic Black

1

0.71 (0.51, 0.98)

0.049

0.62 (0.42, 0.94)

0.034

 Others

1

0.80 (0.54, 1.21)

0.301

0.73 (0.51, 1.03)

0.090

Education level

     

 < High school

1

0.80 (0.58, 1.10)

0.183

0.66 (0.43, 1.01)

0.070

 High school

1

0.82 (0.56, 1.18)

0.295

0.88 (0.61, 1.27)

0.518

 > High school

1

0.81 (0.63, 1.06)

0.134

0.81 (0.64, 1.03)

0.093

PI

     

 ≤ 1.3

1

0.68 (0.51, 0.92)

0.021

0.72 (0.55, 0.93)

0.020

 1.3–3.5

1

0.69 (0.52, 0.93)

0.021

0.70 (0.55, 0.89)

0.008

 > 3.5

1

0.93 (0.65, 1.34)

0.712

0.89 (0.62, 1.26)

0.505

Marital status

     

 Married/living as married

1

0.85 (0.68, 1.07)

0.172

0.79 (0.61, 1.01)

0.077

 Never married

1

0.72 (0.44, 1.19)

0.218

1.05 (0.60, 1.83)

0.869

 Separated/divorced/widowed

1

0.69 (0.50, 0.95)

0.033

0.73 (0.52, 1.03)

0.089

Smoking habit

     

 Non smoker

1

0.67 (0.52, 0.86)

0.004

0.63 (0.48, 0.81)

0.002

 Former smoker

1

1.05 (0.73, 1.50)

0.800

1.06 (0.74, 1.50)

0.769

 Current smoker

1

0.89 (0.62, 1.28)

0.534

1.00 (0.68, 1.46)

0.982

Alcohol consumption

     

 None/Mild

1

1.11 (0.81, 1.52)

0.540

0.87 (0.62, 1.21)

0.418

 Moderate

1

0.69 (0.50, 0.97)

0.041

0.73 (0.50, 1.06)

0.107

 Heavy

1

0.85 (0.52, 1.37)

0.507

0.79 (0.51, 1.21)

0.289

Obesity

     

 No

1

0.88 (0.70, 1.12)

0.316

0.86 (0.68, 1.09)

0.235

 Yes

1

0.72 (0.55, 0.95)

0.027

0.68 (0.49, 0.94)

0.029

Diabetes mellitus

     

 No

1

0.81 (0.66, 0.99)

0.057

0.79 (0.65, 0.95)

0.018

 Yes

1

0.74 (0.44, 1.23)

0.251

0.80 (0.43, 1.52)

0.507

Hypertension

     

 No

1

0.84 (0.65, 1.09)

0.200

0.91 (0.72, 1.15)

0.455

 Yes

1

0.73 (0.54, 1.00)

0.065

0.63 (0.47, 0.86)

0.009

  1. Bold denotes statistical signifcance at P < 0.05
  2. Adjusted for age, gender, race, education level, marital status, PI, obesity, smoking status, alcohol consumption, diabetes mellitus, hypertension and total energy intake except the subgroup variable