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Table 3 Risk indicators for severe early childhood caries in multivariate analysis

From: Prevalence of severe early childhood caries and associated socioeconomic and behavioral factors in Xinjiang, China: a cross-sectional study

Variable

B

SE

Wald χ2

P-value

OR

95% CI

Lower

Upper

Constant

1.221

0.385

10.035

0.002

3.390

  

Age (years)

  

3.611

0.164

   

Age 1

0.282

0.149

3.577

0.059

1.326

0.990

1.776

Age 2

0.228

0.155

2.155

0.142

1.256

0.926

1.704

Caretaker with cavities (reference, no)

0.602

0.125

23.204

<0.001

1.827

1.43

2.334

Mother’s education level (reference, none or primary)

−0.113

0.078

2.103

0.147

0.893

0.766

1.041

Father’s education level (reference, none or primary)

−0.096

0.081

1.420

0.233

0.909

0.776

1.064

Annual family income

−0.171

0.053

10.452

0.001

0.843

0.760

0.935

Frequency of sweets consumption (reference, more than once)

−0.173

0.056

9.578

0.002

0.842

0.754

0.939

Eating before sleep (reference, often)

−0.366

0.097

14.108

<0.001

0.694

0.573

0.840

Start tooth brushing (reference, ≤3 years old)

−0.032

0.060

0.285

0.594

0.969

0.861

1.089

Daily brushing frequency (reference, less than once)

0.064

0.102

0.389

0.533

1.066

0.873

1.301

Parental supervision of tooth brushing (reference, no)

−0.210

0.120

3.051

0.081

0.811

0.641

1.026

Dental visit in the past (reference, no)

0.812

0.122

44.371

<0.001

2.253

1.774

2.861

Parents having received oral health instruction (reference, no)

0.599

0.149

16.074

<0.001

1.821

1.358

2.441

  1. Age code: age of 3 (0,0); age of 4 (1,0); age of 5 (0,1)
  2. Abbreviations: CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio, SE standard error