Assessment of the association between dentate status and self-rated general health

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Characteristic	Category	N	%
Gender	Men	15258	44.3%
	Women	19154	55.7%
Age (years)	25-29	3585	11.4%
	30-39	7527	24.0%
	40-49	8251	26.3%
	50-59	8333	26.5%
	60-64	3695	11.8%
Educational level	Incomplete primary	1604	4.7%
	Primary	5088	15.0%
	Vocational	8960	26.4%
	Secondary	10065	29.6%
	College	2917	8.6%
	University	5318	15.7%
Type of work	Heavy work	4776	14.4%
	Administrative/intellectual work	16546	50.0%
	Housekeeping	9510	28.8%
	Unemployed (job seeker)	2234	6.8%
Social class	Lower	1002	3.1%
	Labour	11899	36.9%
	Middle	15678	48.7%
	Upper-middle	3333	10.3%
	Upper	297	0.9%

Risk factor	Category	OR	95% CI for	OR limits	p

			N_cat	N_PSRH/ N_cat(%)
Missing teeth	None	1.00
	1 to 5	1.23	1.00	1.51	0.049
	6 to 10	1.32	1.05	1.67	0.019
	More than 10, but not all	1.77	1.40	2.25	<0.001
	All teeth - wear denture	2.19	1.64	2.91	<0.001
Gender	Men	1.00
	Women	1.24	1.11	1.38	<0.001
Age (years)	25-29	1.00
	30-39	1.23	0.92	1.64	0.163
	40-49	1.71	1.29	2.26	<0.001
	50-59	1.72	1.29	2.29	<0.001
	60-64	1.35	0.97	1.87	0.074
Educational level	University	1.00
	Incomplete primary	2.55	1.86	3.50	<0.001
	Primary	1.71	1.29	2.27	<0.001
	Vocational	1.41	1.08	1.84	0.011
	Secondary	1.47	1.14	1.89	0.003
	College	1.11	0.81	1.52	0.519
Type of work	Administrative/intellectual work	1.00
	Heavy work	1.37	1.16	1.60	<0.001
	Housekeeping	1.21	1.02	1.42	0.027
	Unemployed (job seeker)	2.34	1.96	2.80	<0.001
Social Class	Middle	1.00
	Lower	3.97	3.18	4.96	<0.001
	Labour	1.49	1.31	1.70	<0.001
	Upper-middle/Upper	1,06	0.83	1.36	0.640
Admission to	No	1.00
hospital	Once	2.55	2.23	2.92	<0.001
	Multiple times	4.12	3.38	5.02	<0.001
History of	None	1.00
health problems	One	1.20	0.98	1.47	0.075
in the last 30 days	More than one	3.83	3.12	4.70	<.001
Confirmed	None	1.00
health problem	One	2.94	2.60	3.32	<0.001
by physician	More than one	6.93	5.58	8.60	<0.001
Year	2012	1.00
	2001	1.53	1.31	1.78	<0.001
	2004	1.65	1.41	1.94	<0.001
	2018	1.53	1.31	1.80	<0.001

Risk factor	Category	N_tot	N_PSRH	N_cat	N_SRH/ N_cat (%)	p
Missing teeth	None	33908	206	6126	3.4%	<0.001
	1 to 5		1178	16638	7.1%
	6 to 10		550	4763	11.5%
	More than 10, but not all		763	4518	16.9%
	All teeth - wear denture		353	1863	18.9%
Gender	Men	34085	1373	15104	9.1%	0.705
	Women		1703	18981	9.0%
Age (years)	25-29	31090	92	3565	2.6%	<0.001
	30-39		305	7472	4.1%
	40-49		759	8154	9.3%
	50-59		1082	8237	13.1%
	60-64		433	3662	11.8%
Educational level	Incomplete primary	33649	419	1587	26.4%	<0.001
	Primary		853	5039	16.9%
	Vocational		864	8860	9.8%
	Secondary		614	9991	6.1%
	College		130	2895	4.5%
	University		124	5277	2.3%
Type of work	Heavy work	32771	562	4734	11.9%	<0.001
	Administrative/intellectual work		681	16408	4.2%
	Housekeeping		1263	9425	13.4%
	Unemployed (job seeker)		427	2204	19.4%
Social Class	Lower	31936	332	990	33.5%	<0.001
	Labour		1513	11800	12.8%
	Middle		804	15544	5.2%
	Upper-middle/Upper		113	3602	3.1%
Admission to	No	31818	1911	27493	7.0%	<0.001
hospital	Once		595	3291	18.1%
	Multiple times		336	1034	32.5%
History of	None	33787	226	7247	3.1%	<0.001
health problems	One		958	17818	5.4%
in the last 30 days	More than one		1857	8722	21.3%
Confirmed	None	33865	718	21062	3.4%	<0.001
health problem	One		1778	10804	16.5%
by physician	More than one		472	999	47.2%
Year	2001	34085	850	9009	9.4%	<0.001
	2004		796	8321	9.6%
	2008		701	7302	9.6%
	2012		729	9453	7.7%

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Journal Subjects:: Medicine, Clinical Medicine, Hygiene and Environmental Medicine