Remnant Cholesterol as an Independent Predictor of Periodontitis: A Population-Based Study

Table 2

Adjusted odds ratios for associations between the RC and the risk of periodontitis in NHANES 2009–2014.

Characteristic	Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
	aOR (95% CI)	value	aOR (95% CI)	value
RC (mg/dL)		0.003		0.027
Grade 1 (<15)	Reference		Reference
Grade 2 (15~20)	1.143 (0.953-1.370)	0.149	1.107 (0.915-1.338)	0.297
Grade 3 (20~30)	1.220 (1.019-1.461)	0.030	1.152 (0.951-1.395)	0.148
Grade 4 (>30)	1.403 (1.171-1.681)	<0.001	1.341 (1.105-1.629)	0.003

Adjusted to age, gender, BMI, marital status, race, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus. Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index; RC: remnant cholesterol; CI: confidence interval; aOR: adjusted odds ratio.