The impact of oral health status on Taiwanese adults' quality of life has not been measured definitively. This study evaluated the effects of oral health-related variables on quality of life among adults in Taiwan.A cross-sectional study design with secondary database analysis was adopted. Information about oral health-related variables in adults aged 18-64?years was collected from the National Health Interview Survey and quality-of-life data from the Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36(?)). Univariate and multivariate regression analysis was used to determine risk factors for oral health and associations between oral health and eight domains of quality of life defined by the SF-36.Gender (P?
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