A larger number of teeth (continuous variable) showed an overall trend towards a lower risk of obesity, irrespective of the obesity measure: the crude OR (95% CI) for BMI was 0.96 (0.95-0.98), for WHR 0.97 (0.96-0.99), and for waist circumference 0.96 (0.95-0.98).
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Furthermore, a larger number of restored teeth showed a statistically significant lower risk of obesity however, borderline significant for BMI and waist circumference but not significant for WHR in the full models.