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Table 3 Factors associated with self report of less than 20 teeth among cohort members

From: Factors associated with self-reported number of teeth in a large national cohort of Thai adults

Attributes

Bivariate

Stepwise multivariate*

 

Odds Ratios

p-value

Odds Ratios

p-value

Socio-demographic characteristics

    

Males

1

   

Females

1.19

0.000

1.28

0.000

15-29 years

1

   

30-49 years

1.56

0.000

1.79

0.000

50+ years

9.05

0.000

10.6

0.000

Married

1

   

Non married

1.14

0.002

  

Income (Baht/month)

    

<3,000

1.48

0.000

1.45

0.000

3,001-7,000

1.25

0.004

1.26

0.000

7,001-10,000

0.96

0.426

  

>10,000

1

   

Education (before enrollment at STOU)

    

Up to high school education

1.38

0.000

1.33

0.000

Post high school diploma/certificate

1.32

0.000

1.24

0.000

University degree

1

   

Household assets (Baht)

    

0-30,000

1.09

0.215

  

30,001-60,000

1.06

0.071

  

>60,000

1

   

Lifecourse urbanization

    

Lifetime rural residents

1

   

Rural-urban residents

0.91

0.061

  

Lifetime urban residents

1.34

0.000

1.37

0.000

Health behaviors

    

Smoking

    

Never smoker

1

   

Ex smoker

1.17

0.010

  

A regular smoker

1.46

0.000

1.39

0.000

Alcohol drinking

    

Not a regular alcohol drinker

1

   

A regular alcohol drinker

1.24

0.011

  

Soft drink consumption

    

Not consume soft drink daily

1

   

Consume soft drink daily

1.50

0.000

1.41

0.000

Personal history

    

Breastfed as a child

    

Reported breastfed as a child

1

   

Not breastfed as a child

1.29

0.000

1.34

0.000

Parental education

    

Father no formal education

1.19

0.015

  

Father primary education and above

1

   

Mother no formal education

1.18

0.003

1.20

0.005

Mother primary education and above

1

   
  1. *Based on multivariate logistic regression using Stata 10 (see Methods).