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Table 5 Family factors associated with child’s DMFT > 0

From: Oral health-related quality of life and early childhood caries among preschool children in Trinidad

 

Crude OR

95% CI

Adjusted OR

95% CI

Parent/primary caregiver age

  < 25 years

0.61

(0.13, 2.16)

0.35

(0.05, 1.53)

 25–34

1.12

(0.61, 2.07)

1.06

(0.56, 2.04)

 35–44

1.0

 

1.0

 

 45+

0.31

(0.02, 1.81)

0.40

(0.02, 2.40)

Parent/guardian sex

 Male

1.0

   

 Female

1.66

(0.68, 4.67)

1.34

(0.53, 3.85)

Parent/primary caregiver highest level of education

 Primary or below

1.92

(0.71, 5.07)

  

 Secondary

1.38

(0.74, 2.60)

  

 Third level

1.0

 

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 Other/unknown

0.54

(0.08, 2.25)

  

Parent/guardian visits to dentist

 Never

1.49

(0.70, 3.07)

  

 1–2 per year

1.0

 

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 Only when in pain

1.33

(0.59, 2.89)

  

 Other

1.11

(0.43, 2.67)

  

Felt upset

 No

1.0

 

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 Yes

6.13

(1.92, 23.30)

  

Felt guilty

 No

1.0

 

1.0

 

 Yes

5.52

(2.28, 14.38)

3.50

(1.32, 9.60)

Taken time off work

 No

1.0

 

1.0

 

 Yes

9.29

(2.74, 42.45)

7.27

(1.76, 41.11)

Had a financial impact on your family

 No

1.0

 

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 Yes

13.03

(2.05, 252.15)

  

Type of pre-school

 Private school

1.0

 

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 Government school

0.98

(0.54, 1.78)

  
  1. Note: ‘Yes’ denotes occasionally/often/very often; ‘No’ denotes never/hardly ever
  2. Model adjusted for other factors in the model
  3. As confidence intervals are large, caution must be exercised when interpreting results