Individual and contextual factors related to dental caries in underprivileged Brazilian adolescents

BMC Oral Health

Table 4 Multilevel model for the caries index (DMFT)

Variable	Model 1			Model 2			Model 3
	Estimate	SE	p-value	Estimate	SE	p-value	Estimate	SE	p-value
Intercept	2.0729	0.1129	<0.0001	4.1380	1.2125	0.0014	2.4722	2.6456	0.3555
Individual Level
Sex (ref = male)				0.5515	0.1641	0.0008	0.5629	0.1635	0.0006
Age (years)				0.3436	0.0779	<0.0001	0.3305	0.0777	<0.0001
Health of teeth and mouth				0.4984	0.0884	<0.0001	0.5072	0.0881	<0.0001
Last visit to the dentist				-0.2598	0.0456	<0.0001	-0.2571	0.0455	<0.0001
Suburb level
% of domestic sewage							-0.0656	0.0232	0.0048
Variances
Between suburbs	0.1417	0.0844		0.0645	0.0600		0.0000	-
Between individuals	7.1852	0.2986		6.9196	0.3009		6.9371	0.2994
2 Res log likelihood	5687.77			5172.32			5172.15

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