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Table 6 Factors explaining the provision of preventive treatment under dental general anaesthesia in logistic regression modelling

From: Dental care and treatments provided under general anaesthesia in the Helsinki Public Dental Service

Parameter

Estimate

SE

OR

95%CI

p

Being immigrant: 0=No, 1=Yes

0.469

0.31

1.6

0.9, 2.9

0.128

Previous sedation: 0=No, 1=Yes

0.830

0.30

2.3

1.3, 4.1

0.005

Receiving tooth extraction: 0=No, 1=Yes

−0.139

0.06

0.9

0.8, 0.98

0.022

Extreme non-cooperation: 0=No, 1=Yes

0.532

0.33

1.7

0.9, 3.2

0.103

Extreme dental fear: 0=No, 1=Yes

−0.473

0.30

0.6

0.3, 1.1

0.110

Excessive need for treatment: 0=No, 1=Yes

0.353

0.33

1.4

0.7, 2.7

0.283

Constant term

−1.975

0.43

   
  1. Deviance=357.2; df=340.
  2. In the fitted model, age and gender were controlled for.