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Table 5 Association between oral hypofunction with the presence of frailty in the overall sample and stratified by gender

From: Prevalence of frailty and its association with oral hypofunction in older adults: a gender perspective

 

Overall n = 589

Men n = 206

Women n = 383

Model 1a

Model 2b

Model 1a

Model 2b

Model 1a

Model 2b

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Oral hypofunction

 No

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Yes

2.37 (1.52–3.69)

2.06 (1.30–3.29)

2.00 (0.95–4.21)

1.86 (0.84–4.08)

2.54 (1.46–4.42)

2.18 (1.21–3.94)

Poor oral hygiene

 No

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Yes

1.08 (0.68–1.72)

0.94 (0.58–1.53)

1.16 (0.46–2.96)

1.13 (0.43–2.99)

1.01 (0.59–1.73)

0.84 (0.47–1.49)

Oral dryness

 No

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Yes

1.40 (0.98–2.00)

1.29 (0.89–1.88)

1.18 (0.66–2.13)

1.09 (0.59–2.03)

1.57 (1.00–2.47)

1.44 (0.89–2.32)

Occlusal force

 Not reduced

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Reduced

2.14 (1.33–3.45)

1.95 (1.18–3.22)

2.28 (1.03–5.05)

2.17 (0.94–5.00)

2.06 (1.14–3.73)

1.85 (0.98–3.49)

Masticatory function

 Not decreased

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Decreased

0.73 (0.48–1.09)

0.67 (0.45–1.03)

0.49 (0.25–0.96)

0.48 (0.25–0.96)

0.88 (0.53–1.46)

0.80 (0.47–1.35)

Swallowing function

 Not decreased

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Decreased

2.32 (1.56–3.47)

2.11 (1.39–3.19)

1.52 (0.82–2.83)

1.43 (0.76–2.69)

3.08 (1.81–5.25)

2.83 (1.63–4.91)

  1. aUnadjusted logistic regression model with presence of frailty as dependent variable; bLogistic regression model with presence of frailty as dependent variable and adjusted for age, sex (just in overall models), level of studies, marital status, presence of chronic diseases, smoking and alcohol consumption. Bold font indicates statistical significance