Oral Health and nutritional status in nursing home residents—results of an explorative cross-sectional pilot study

Table 5 Univariate analysis of association of dental status (edentulous vs. dentulous) on different factors including age, body-mass index (BMI), risk for malnutrition, gender, smoking and dementia

Parameter		Edentulous [n = 41]	Dentulous [n = 46]	OR (CI₉₅)	p-value
Age in years [mean (SD)]		84.8 (8.3)	83.6 (8.4)	n.a.	0.51
Body-mass-index kg/m² [mean (SD)]		26.0 (4.8)	26.3 (5.2)	n.a.	0.97
Risk for malnutrition	No [n = 42]	16 (38%)	26 (62%)	2.0 (0.8–5.8)	0.1
Risk for malnutrition	Yes [n = 45]	25 (56%)	20 (44%)	2.0 (0.8–5.8)	0.1
Gender	Female [n = 68]	33 (49%)	35 (51%)	1.9 (0.8–5.0)	0.16
Gender	Male [n = 19]	8 (42%)	11 (58%)	1.9 (0.8–5.0)	0.16
Smoking status	No [n = 75]	35 (47%)	40 (53%)	0.9 (0.2–3.0)	0.86
Smoking status	Yes [n = 12]	6 (50%)	6 (50%)	0.9 (0.2–3.0)	0.86
Dementia	No [n = 39]	24 (62%)	15 (38%)	2.5 (1.1–5.9)	0.03
Dementia	Yes [n = 48]	17 (36%)	31 (64%)	2.5 (1.1–5.9)	0.03

Abbreviations: CI ₉₅ 95% confidence interval, n.a. not applicable, OR odds ratio, SD standard deviation

ISSN: 1471-2318