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Table 1 Early childhood caries, family income, adolescent pregnancy, birth weight, gestational age and nutritional risk

From: Early childhood caries and its relationship with perinatal, socioeconomic and nutritional risks: a cross-sectional study

 

Evaluation ECC

   

Variable

YES

NO

TOTAL

P value

PR (IC a 95%)

 

N

%

n

%

N

%

  

TOTAL

64

20.0

256

80.0

320

100.0

  

Family income

        

No Income

14

34.1

27

65.9

41

100.0

p(1) = 0.01*

3.34 (1.71 to 6.51)

Less than or equal to minimum wage ($ 282.00)

37

24.3

115

75.7

152

100.0

 

2.38 (1.32 to 4.27)

More than one minimum wage

13

10.2

114

89.8

127

100.0

 

1,00

Adolescent pregnancy

        

Yes

15

18.7

65

81.3

80

100,0

p(1) >0.18

1.16 (0,63 to 2,01)

No

38

16

204

84

240

100,0

 

1,00

Birth weight

        

Low

37

80.4

9

19.6

46

100.0

p(1) < 0.01*

8.16 (5,55 to 12.00)

Normal

27

9.9

247

90.1

274

100,0

 

1.00

Gestacional age

        

Premature

24

82.8

5

17.2

29

100.0

p(1) < 0.01*

6.02 (4.32 to 8.39)

Term

40

13.7

251

86.3

291

100.0

 

1.00

Nutritional Risk

        

Underweight

2

100,0

-

-

2

10,0

p(1) = 0.01*

**

Normal weight

57

18.4

253

81.6

310

100.0

  

Obesity

5

62.5

3

37.5

8

100.0

  
  1. (*)Significant association at 5.0%.
  2. (**)Unable to determine due to the occurrence of null frequencies.
  3. (1) By chi-square test.