Dental fear, tobacco use and alcohol use among university students in Finland: a national survey

BMC Oral Health

Table 4 **Gender-specific results of logistic regression analyses* (n = 6777)**

	Model 1^a			Model 2^b			Model 3^c
	OR	95% CI	p	OR	95% CI	p	OR	95% CI	p
Men
Alcohol use, AUDIT 7/8	1.4	0.8-2.4	0.217	1.4	0.8-2.4	0.249	1.2	0.7-2.1	0.545
General mood				1.1	0.4-3.2	0.874	1.0	0.3-2.9	0.962
Feelings in social situations				1.7	0.9-3.4	0.088	1.7	0.9-3.2	0.108
Tobacco use							2.8	1.5-5.3	0.002
Women
Alcohol use, AUDIT 7/8	1.3	1.0-1.7	0.026	1.3	1.04-1.7	0.050	1.2	0.9-1.6	0.180
General mood				1.6	1.1-2.4	0.026	1.5	1.04-2.3	0.043
Feelings in social situations				1.2	0.9-1.5	0.286	1.1	0.9-1.5	0.334
Tobacco use							1.9	1.3-2.9	0.002

*The association between dental fear and alcohol use, general mood, feelings in social situations and tobacco use, reference groups = somewhat or not at all afraid, AUDIT sum score 7 or less, neutral or positive general mood, neutral or positive feelings in social situations, and using tobacco occasionally or not at all.
^aModel 1 adjusted for age.
^bModel 2 adds General mood and Feelings in social situations.
^cModel 3 adds Tobacco use.

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