Relationship between Periodontitis and Glaucoma: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Crude and adjusted odds ratios (95% confidence interval) of periodontitis as a risk factor for glaucoma.

Characteristics		Odds ratios for glaucoma
		Crude	value	Adjusted^†	value
Total participants (n = 124,904)
Periodontitis		5.96 (5.23–6.79)	<0.001	3.44 (2.99–3.97)	<0.001
Control		1.00		1.00
Age ≤ 52 years, men (n = 19,428)
Periodontitis		8.61 (5.04–14.69)	<0.001	7.17 (4.11–12.51)	<0.001
Control		1.00		1.00
Age ≤ 52 years, women (n = 42,000)
Periodontitis		10.52 (6.39–17.32)	<0.001	8.04 (4.78–13.51)	<0.001
Control		1.00		1.00
Age > 52 years, men (n = 23,978)
Periodontitis		4.05 (3.25–5.06)	<0.001	3.31 (2.62–4.17)	<0.001
Control		1.00		1.00
Age > 52 years, women (n = 39,498)
Periodontitis		4.07 (3.38–4.89)	<0.001	2.96 (2.43–3.61)	<0.001
Control	1.00			1.00

Logistic regression model; significance at . ^†Models adjusted for age, sex, income group, BMI, smoking, alcohol consumption, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and hyperlipidaemia.