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Table 6 Enamel hypoplasia regressed on early- and current life course factors

From: Developmental defects of enamel in primary teeth and association with early life course events: a study of 6–36 month old children in Manyara, Tanzania

  

Logistic regression

Poisson

  

Step I

Step II

Step III

 
  

Nagelkerkes R2= 0.224

Nagelkerkes R2=0.239

Nagelkerkes R2= 0.257

Adjusted RR (95% CI)c

  

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

 

Level I

     

Sex

Male

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.8(0.9-3.6)

Female

0.4(0.2-1.1)

0.4(0.2-1.1)

0.4(0.2-1.1)

1.0

Child age

6-12 months

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0(0.2-4.8)

13-24 months

1.4(0.3-5.1)

0.7(0.1-3.8)

0.4(0.1-2.6)

0.5(0.2-1.3)

25-36 months

6.5(1.8-23.0)

2.2(0.3-14.8)

1.1(0.1-8.9)

1.0

Mother’s perception on child size at birth

Smaller

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.1(0.3-3.4)

Average

0.3(0.1-1.1)

0.3(0.1-1.2)

0.3(0.1-1.2)

0.4(0.2-1.1)

Larger

0.8(0.1-4.0)

0.9(0.1-4.7)

1.0(0.2-5.2)

1.0

Household assets index

1st quartile-least poor

1.0

1.0

1.0

0.9(0.3-2.5)

2nd quartile

0.8(0.2-2.6)

0.8(0.2-2.6)

0.7(0.2-2.4)

0.7(0.2-1.9)

3rd quartile

0.8(0.3-2.8)

0.8(0.2-2.7)

0.7(0.2-2.6)

0.7(0.2-2.2)

4th quartile- poorest

1.2(0.3-4.4)

1.2(0.3-4.3)

1.1(0.2-4.1)

1.0

Illness episode

Few

1.0

1.0

1.0

0.7(0.2-2.1)

Many

1.4(0.4-4.5)

1.5(0.5-4.9)

1.5(0.5-5.1)

1.0

Birth weight

less than 2500 g

1.0

1.0

1.0

2.9(1.4-6.1)

 

More than 2500 g

0.2(0.1-0.7)

0.2(0.1-0.8)

0.2(0.1-0.7)

1.0

Level II

     

Breast feeding

No

 

1.0

1.0

2.2(0.6-8.1)

Yes

 

0.3(0.7-1.5)

0.4(0.1-1.8)

1.0

Level III

     

Presence of visible plaque

No

  

1.0

0.3(0.1-1.6)

Yes

  

3.3(0.7-15.0)

1.0

  1. c: reference category: the last category by default.