A Nonlinear Association between Tongue Fur Thickness and Tumor Marker Abnormality: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Association between tongue fur thickness and overall tumor marker abnormality in different models.

	Crude model		Minimally adjusted model		Fully adjusted model
	OR (95% CI)	value	OR (95% CI)	value	OR (95% CI)	value
Thin fur	Reference		Reference		Reference
Less fur or peeling fur	1.79 (1.02, 3.17)	0.044	1.92 (1.05, 3.51)	0.035	1.93 (1.04, 3.57)	0.037
Thick fur	1.70 (1.13, 2.54)	0.010	1.75 (1.15, 2.67)	0.009	1.82 (1.17, 2.81)	0.008

Crude model adjusted for none. Minimally adjusted model adjusted for gender, age, and drinking history. Fully adjusted model adjusted for gender, age, BMI, smoking history, drinking history, tongue color, form of the tongue, and fur color. OR = odds ratio and CI = confidence interval.