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Table 3 Factors associated with caries severity in women with socioeconomic disadvantages

From: Oral health and Candida carriage in socioeconomically disadvantaged US pregnant women

Variables

Estimate

Standard Error

Wald ChiSq

p-value

Odds Ratio

95% confidence interval

Lower

Upper

Age

0.003

0.04

0.003

0.95

1.00

0.92

1.10

Race

African American vs. White

1.44

0.70

4.25

0.04

4.21

1.07

16.57

Asian vs. White

−1.03

0.94

1.22

0.27

0.36

0.06

2.23

Other vs. White

0.15

0.90

0.03

0.87

1.16

0.20

6.82

Ethnicity (Non-Hispanic vs. Hispanic)

1.19

0.93

1.65

0.20

3.28

0.54

20.11

Pregnancy

0.57

0.63

0.82

0.37

1.77

0.51

6.15

Smoking

−0.70

0.84

0.69

0.41

0.50

0.10

2.60

Tooth brushing frequency

0.25

0.55

0.20

0.65

1.28

0.44

3.73

Plaque index

1.47

0.46

10.42

0.001

4.37

1.79

10.70

Salivary Ca CFU/1000 per ml

0.38

0.19

4.27

0.04

1.47

1.02

2.11

Salivary S. mutans CFU/100000 per ml

0.14

0.10

1.84

0.17

1.15

0.94

1.40

  1. A cumulative logistic regression was used to test variables associated with caries severity in women with socioeconomic disadvantages. The caries severity was grouped into three levels: 0 (no decay), 1 (<=3 decayed teeth) and 2 (> 3 decayed teeth)
  2. Ca C. albicans
  3. Sm S. mutans
  4. CFU Colony Forming Unit