Associations between oral sex and indicators of gum disease in a cohort of 411 African-American women, New York City
| No | % | Bleeding gums (often/always) | Bad breath (often/always) | History of gum disease | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude | Adjusted | Crude | Adjusted | Crude | Adjusted | |||||||||
| OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |||
| All adjusted estimates based on models that include both giving and receiving oral sex. Logistic regression controlling for: *education; †income, education, new sex partner, and alcohol use; ‡income, frequency of douching, new sexual partner, and parity, §getting oral sex, education; ¶getting oral sex, age, money, education, frequency of douching, new sexual partner; **getting oral sex, age, frequency of douching, new sexual partner, and marital status. | ||||||||||||||
| Sex in past 3 months included | ||||||||||||||
| Giving oral sex: | ||||||||||||||
| >half time or more | 54 | 13 | 2.8 | (0.8 to 9.7) | 3.5* | (1.0 to 12.4) | 2.9 | (0.8 to 11.2) | 5.9† | (1.3 to 27.5) | 2.9 | (0.7 to 11.7) | 2.1‡ | (0.3 to 13.2) |
| seldom/never | 355 | 87 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Receiving oral sex: | ||||||||||||||
| >half time or more | 105 | 36 | 1.8 | (0.8 to 4.0) | 0.9* | (0.3 to 2.9) | 1.4 | (0.5 to 3.8) | 2.7† | (0.6 to 12.7) | 1.4 | (0.5 to 3.5) | 0.8‡ | (0.2 to 4.3) |
| seldom/never | 304 | 74 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Giving oral sex: | ||||||||||||||
| >one time a week | 44 | 11 | 2.8 | (1.0 to 7.5) | 3.3§ | (0.9 to 11.9) | 1.2 | (0.3 to 5.8) | 0.9¶ | (0.2 to 6.8) | 1.5 | (0.4 to 5.4) | 2.3** | (0.4 to 13.5) |
| one time a week | 68 | 17 | 1.1 | (0.3 to 3.3) | 1.2 | (0.4 to 4.0) | 1.6 | (0.5 to 5.1) | 0.9 | (0.1 to 4.7) | 1.3 | (0.4 to 4.0) | 1.5 | (0.3 to 6.9) |
| <one time per week | 296 | 73 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||