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Table 2 Social capital variables and unadjusted multilevel Odds Ratios (OR) for dental pain

From: Social capital and dental pain in Brazilian northeast: a multilevel cross-sectional study

 

Dental pain

 

 Yes

 No

OR

95% CI*

P

  n = 167

  n = 457

Neighborhood social capital, n (%)

 Low

64 (38.3)

145 (31.7)

1

  

 Moderate

60 (35.9)

154 (33.7)

0.88

0.58-1.34

0.559

 High

43 (25.8)

158 (34.6)

0.62

0.39-0.96

0.034

Bonding social capitala, mean ± SD

 Affective Support

90.9 (14.7)

93.1 (13.8)

0.90

0.80-1.02

0.096

 Emotional Support

82.1 (20.3)

85.1 (19.3)

0.93

0.85-1.01

0.093

 Information Support

83.7 (20.1)

87.6 (17.7)

0.90

0.81-0.99

0.025

 Positive Interaction

84.1 (19.0)

88.8 (16.6)

0.86

0.78-0.95

0.003

 Material Support

88.4 (14.2)

89.6 (15.5)

0.95

0.85-1.07

0.401

Bridging social capital, n (%)

 Sport/artistic activities in the last year

 ≥ 1

75 (44.9)

223 (48.8)

1

  

 0

92 (55.1)

234 (51.2)

1.17

0.82-1.67

0.390

 Meetings in the last year

 ≥ 1

23 (13.8)

52 (11.4)

1

  

 0

144 (86.2)

405 (88.6)

0.80

0.48-1.36

0.416

 Charity work in the last yearb

 ≥ 1

28 (16.9)

102 (22.4)

1

  

 0

138 (83.1)

354 (77.6)

1.42

0.90-12.25

0.137

 Relatives

 ≥ 1

147 (88.0)

422 (92.3)

1

  

 0

20 (12.0)

35 (7.7)

1.64

0.92-2.93

0.095

 Friendsb

 ≥ 1

110 (66.3)

316 (69.3)

1

  

 0

56 (33.7)

140 (30.7)

1.15

0.79-1.68

0.472

  1. *95% Confidence Interval; aBonding social capital: OR estimates assessed by 10-points increase.
  2. b n = 622.