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Table 4 Factors associated with the presence of oral diseases among female sex workers followed up from June to August 2013 at “Clinique de Confiance”, Abidjan, 2013

From: Oral health and HIV infection among female sex workers in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Variable

n/N

Periodontitis (N = 247)a

n/N

Carious lesions (N = 247)a

n/N

Oral-mucosal lesions (N = 247)a

Multivariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

aOR

95 % CI

P

aOR

95 % CI

P

aOR

95 % CI

P

Past history of dental consultation

 

-

-

-

   

<10−2

 

-

-

-

 No

    

129/219

1

      

 Yes

    

25/28

6.4

[1.8 22.3]

     

Tobacco consumption

   

0.30

   

0.28

   

0.39

 Non-smokers

27/178

1.0

  

112/178

1.0

  

17/178

1.0

  

 Smokers < 10 cig/d

2/28

0.30

[0.1 1.4]

 

18/28

0.8

[0.3 2.0]

 

1/28

0.5

[0.1 5.1]

 

 Smokers ≥ 10 cig/d

7/41

0.60

[0.2 1.7]

 

24/41

0.5

[0.2 1.2]

 

2/41

0.6

[0.1 3.4]

 

Alcohol consumption

   

0.12

   

0.60

   

0.30

 No

15/115

1.0

  

78/115

1.0

  

12/115

1.0

  

 Yes audit score <8

11/83

1.2

[0.4 2.9]

 

41/83

0.5

[0.3 0.9]

 

7/83

0.8

[0.3 2.3]

 

 Yes audit score ≥8

10/49

2.9

[0.9 9.0]

 

35/49

1.1

[0.5 2.5]

 

1/49

0.3

[0.0 3.0]

 

HIV serologic status

   

0.01

 

-

-

-

   

<10−2

 HIV-

16/165

1.0

      

1/165

1.0

  

 HIV+

20/82

2.6

[1.2 5.8]

     

19/82

50.0

[6.4 384.6]

 

Oral hygiene index

   

<10−2

   

0.04

   

0.06

 [0 0.9]

2/69

1.0

  

35/69

1.0

  

2/69

1.0

  

 [1 1.9]

10/87

3.4

[0.6 16.4]

 

60/87

2.5

[1.3 5.0]

 

5/87

1.4

[0.2 8.7]

 

 ≥2

24/91

9.8

[2.1 44.2]

 

59/91

2.0

[1.0 3.8]

 

13/91

3.8

[0.7 19.6]

 
  1. aTwo missing data during multivariate analysis
  2. aOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval, P adjusted p-value