Characteristics of study members inducted in military service between 1965 and 1971, by oral health status (N=4188)
| Variables | Within groups of oral health status | Within the whole population | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | Fair | Poor | Edentulous | ||
| Mortality rates | |||||
| All-cause mortality (%) | 4.0 | 5.5 | 12.4 | 14.5 | 5.6 |
| Neoplasm mortality | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 1.1 |
| Coronary heart disease mortality | 1.1 | 1.0 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 1.5 |
| External cause mortality | 0.9 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 1.2 |
| Covariates | |||||
| Mean age at examination (95% CI) | 38.4 (38.3 to 38.4) | 38.3 (38.1 to 38.4) | 38.3 (38.0 to 38.5) | 38.8 (38.4 to 39.2) | 38.3 (38.3 to 38.4) |
| Ethnicity (%) | |||||
| White | 85.2 | 82.1 | 73.2 | 90.8 | 83.4 |
| Black | 10.0 | 12.8 | 23.2 | 9.2 | 12.0 |
| Hispanic/others | 4.8 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 4.6 |
| Education (%) | |||||
| <12 years | 8.8 | 12.9 | 25.5 | 26.7 | 12.1 |
| =12 years | 33.7 | 40.5 | 42.8 | 52.7 | 36.8 |
| >12 years | 57.5 | 46.7 | 31.8 | 20.6 | 51.2 |
| Pay grade at discharge from army (%) | |||||
| Lowest | 2.1 | 2.7 | 9.0 | 6.9 | 3.1 |
| 2nd lowest | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.1 |
| Middle | 5.2 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 9.2 | 6.1 |
| 2nd highest | 48.0 | 51.4 | 54.1 | 52.7 | 49.6 |
| Highest | 42.0 | 35.0 | 25.7 | 27.5 | 38.2 |
| Family income at midlife (%) | |||||
| >$30 000 | 50.2 | 41.2 | 19.1 | 24.4 | 44.0 |
| >$20 000 to ≤$30 000 | 27.3 | 28.1 | 28.2 | 34.4 | 27.8 |
| ≤$20 000 | 22.5 | 30.7 | 52.7 | 41.2 | 28.2 |
| Mean IQ in early adulthood (95% CI) | 109.3 (108.5 to 110.0) | 104.0 (102.7 to 105.3) | 96.1 (94.3 to 97.8) | 96.0 (92.8 to 99.1) | 106.2 (105.6 to 106.8) |
| Mean number of years smoked (95% CI) | 7.0 (6.6 to 7.3) | 9.7 (9.1 to 10.3) | 12.8 (11.9 to 13.7) | 14.2 (12.4 to 16.0) | 8.5 (8.1 to 8.7) |
| Mean number of alcohol units per day (95% CI) | 2.7 (2.5 to 2.8) | 3.1 (2.9 to 3.3) | 3.7 (3.3 to 4.1) | 2.9 (2.3 to 3.4) | 2.9 (2.8 to 3.0) |
| Had treatment or counselling for alcohol or drug abuse (%) | 8.8 | 10.9 | 15.8 | 13.7 | 10.2 |
| Mean body mass index at midlife (95% CI) | 26.8 (6.5 to 27.1) | 28.5 (28.0 to 29.0) | 27.3 (27.1 to 27.6) | 30.5 (28.7 to 32.4) | 27.4 (27.2 to 27.7) |
| Mean cholesterol (95% CI) | 5.5 (5.4 to 5.5) | 5.5 (5.4 to 5.6) | 5.5 (5.4 to 5.6) | 5.7 (5.5 to 5.9) | 5.5 (5.4 to 5.5) |
| Mean HDL-cholesterol (95% CI) | 1.2 (1.1 to 1.2) | 1.1 (1.1 to 1.2) | 1.2 (1.1 to 1.2) | 1.1 (1.1 to 1.2) | 1.2 (1.1 to 1.2) |
| Hypertensive (%) | 9.5 | 10.6 | 13.5 | 7.7 | 10.1 |
| Heart murmur (%) | 8.3 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 9.9 | 8.3 |
| Angina (%) | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 00 | 0.7 |
| Heart attack (%) | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 00 | 0.5 |
| Heart failure (%) | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 00 | 0.1 |
| Endocarditis (%) | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| Pericarditis (%) | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 00 | 0.4 |
| Diabetes (%) | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.0 |