Research Article
Association of Alanine Aminotransferase and Periodontitis: A Cross-Sectional Analysis—NHANES 2009–2012
Table 3
Logistic regression of serum Alanine Aminotransferase on periodontal status: NHANES, 2009–2012.
| | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) |
| Periodontitis | | | Yes | 1.30 (1.02, 1.65) | 1.17 (0.85, 1.60) | No | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) | Sex | | | Male | | 2.55 (2.07, 3.15) | Female | | 1.00 (reference) | Race/ethnicity | | | Non-Hispanic white | | 1.00 (reference) | Non-Hispanic black | | 2.07 (1.50, 2.86) | Mexican American | | 2.21 (1.52, 3.23) | Other | | 1.63 (1.13, 2.37) | Education | | | Less than high school | | 2.62 (1.67, 4.12) | High school | | 1.71 (1.20, 2.44) | Some college | | 1.31 (0.94, 1.82) | College degree or above | | 1.00 (reference) | Family income to poverty ratio | | | Less than 2.00 | | 1.36 (1.06, 1.73) | 2.00 and above | | 1.00 (reference) | Insurance coverage | | | No | | 1.74 (1.14, 2.68) | Yes | | 1.00 (reference) | Body mass index | | | 0 to less than 25 | | 1.00 (reference) | 25 to less than 30 | | 0.98 (0.66, 1.46) | 30 and above | | 0.92 (0.63, 1.32) | Smoking | | | Yes | | 3.26 (2.28, 4.68) | No | | 1.00 (reference) | Alcohol consumption | | | Heavy | | 0.92 (0.63, 1.34) | Moderate | | 0.66 (0.47, 0.93) | None | | 1.00 (reference) | Diabetes | | | Yes | | 1.32 (0.93, 1.87) | No | | 1.00 (reference) |
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OR: odds ratio; AOR: adjusted odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.
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