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Table 5 Association between duration of different non-nutritive sucking habits and primary dental relationships in sagittal dimension (n = 851)

From: The association between nutritive, non-nutritive sucking habits and primary dental occlusion

 

Incisor relationship

Canine relationship

Molar relationship

Overjet

p-value

Class II incisor vs Class I incisor

Class III incisor vs Class I incisor

p-value

Class II canine vs Class I canine

Class III canine vs Class I canine

p-value

Bilateral Flush vs Bilateral Mesial step

Bilateral Mesial step vs Bilateral Distal step

p-value

Overjet > 3.5 mm vs non overjet > 3.5 mm

 

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

 

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

 

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

 

OR

95% CI

Duration of daily pacifier use

0.483

    

0.063

    

0.183

    

0.448

  

  > 1 year

 

1.416

0.881–2.276

0.988

0.520–1.878

 

1.995

1.162–3.425

1.003

0.371–2.708

 

1.111

0.588–2.099

1.711

0.896–3.267

 

1.417

0.826–2.430

  < 1 year

 

1.960

0.683–5.626

1.121

0.229–5.480

 

1.426

0.371–5.477

2.77

0.432–17.873

 

4.459

0.836–23.793

3.158

0.511–19.513

 

1.058

0.291–3.846

 Never

 

1

–

1

–

 

1

–

1

–

 

1

–

1

–

 

1

–

Duration of daily thumb/digit sucking

0.001*

    

0.005*

    

0.455

    

0.000*

  

  > 1 year

 

2.930

1.628–5.274

0.966

0.354–2.635

 

3.483

1.312–9.245

0.658

0.073–5.967

 

1.005

0.415–2.434

1.663

0.715–3.867

 

3.603

1.987–6.533

 Never

 

1

–

1

–

 

1

–

1

–

 

1

–

1

–

 

1

–

  1. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
  2. a Adjusted for background information (age and gender) and different oral habits
  3. * p < 0.05
  4. Boldface data are variables with p < 0.05 or OR (95%CI) < 1
  5. The group for < 1 year of daily thumb/digit sucking was excluded since the number of subjects were not sufficient to perform the test
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