Table 4 Factors explaining mothers’ habit of kissing their child on the lips, as assessed by means of a logistic regression model on the mothers (n = 313) of toddlers visiting two Finnish child health clinics
From: Oral health behaviors and bacterial transmission from mother to child: an explorative study
Characteristics | OR | 95% CI | |
|---|---|---|---|
Sharing the spoon with the child | No | ref. | |
Yes | 9.9 | 4.2 - 23.5 | |
Current smoking | No | ref. | |
Yes | 1.1 | 0.5 - 2.4 | |
Twice-daily tooth brushing | Yes | ref. | |
No | 1.2 | 0.7 - 2.1 | |
Age (years) | <25 | ref. | |
25-29 | 1.8 | 0.7 - 4.5 | |
30-34 | 1.9 | 0.7 - 4.9 | |
35+ | 1.5 | 0.5 - 4.1 | |
Educational level | Higher | 0.5 | 0.3 - 0.8 |
Vocational | ref. | ||
Basic | 0.8 | 0.3 - 2.0 |