Associations between poor oral health and reinjuries in male elite soccer players: a cross-sectional self-report study

Table 5 Crude and adjusted odds ratios for SumDental in relation to reinjury variables (n = 215)

Sum dental	REAMC		MTR		MR
Sum dental	Crude OR (95% CI)	Adj. OR^a(95% CI)	Crude OR (95% CI)	Adj. OR^a(95% CI)	Crude OR (95% CI)	Adj. OR^a(95% CI)
As continuous variable	1.77* (1.12- 2.81)	1.82* (1.07- 3.12)	1.59* (1.10- 2.32)	1.57* (1.01- 2.45)	1.87** (1.28- 2.75)	1.88** (1.19- 2.97)
As ordered categorical variable
0 = no oral health problems present	reference category	reference category	reference category	reference category	reference category	reference category
1 = one type of o.h.p. present	1.92 (0.84- 4.38)	2.39 (0.92- 6.22)	1.51 (0.82- 2.79)	1.56 (0.78- 3.13)	1.84 (0.99- 3.41)	2.16* (1.06- 4.39)
2 = two or more types of o.h.p. present	3.14* (1.24- 7.96)	3.33* (1.11- 9.96)	2.59* (1.20- 5.57)	2.48* (1.01- 6.09)	3.53** (1.61- 7.73)	3.40** (1.35- 8.59)

Legend: REAMC = Repeated Exercise-Associated Muscle Cramps, MTR = Muscle or Tendon Reinjury, MR = Multiple types of Reinjury; o.h.p. = oral health problems.
^aadjusted by the covariates injury anxiety, psychophysical stress, unhealthy eating habits, dissatisfaction with trainer/team, age and player position, all these covariates were analyzed as categorical variables; *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01.

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