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Table 3 Association of study years and socioeconomic variables with dental visits, 2004–2012. Odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI)

From: Macroeconomic changes and trends in dental care utilization in Estonia and Lithuania in 2004–2012: a repeated cross-sectional study

 

Estonia

Lithuania

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Year

 2004

0.77 (0.69–0.86)

0.81 (0.73–0.91)

0.80 (0.72–0.90)

0.77 (0.67–0.89)

0.83 (0.72–0.96)

0.83 (0.72–0.96)

 2006

0.94 (0.84–1.05)

0.96 (0.86–1.07)

0.96 (0.86–1.08)

0.84 (0.73–0.98)

0.89 (0.77–1.04)

0.90 (0.77–1.04)

 2008

1

1

1

1

1

1

 2010

0.85 (0.76–0.94)

0.85 (0.76–0.94)

0.84 (0.75–0.93)

0.82 (0.71–0.94)

0.85 (0.74–0.99)

0.85 (0.74–0.99)

 2012

0.87 (0.78–0.98)

0.86 (0.77–0.96)

0.85 (0.76–0.95)

0.92 (0.80–1.07)

0.95 (0.82–1.10)

0.94 (0.81–1.09)

Gender

 Men

1

1

1

1

1

1

 Women

1.96 (1.83–3.10)

1.83 (1.70–1.97)

1.86 (1.73–2.00)

2.17 (1.99–2.38)

2.10 (1.92–2.31)

2.17 (1.97–2.38)

Age

 20–34

1

1

1

1

1

1

 35–49

1.00 (0.92–1.09)

0.93 (0.85–1.02)

1.02 (0.92–1.12)

0.94 (0.84–1.05)

0.87 (0.77–0.97)

0.93 (0.82–1.06)

 50–64

0.73 (0.67–0.79)

0.75 (0.69–0.82)

0.94 (0.85–1.05)

0.70 (0.63–0.79)

0.72 (0.64–0.81)

0.86 (0.75–0.99)

Ethnicity

 Main

1

1

1

1

1

1

 Other

0.88 (0.82–0.95)

0.88 (0.81–0.95)

0.85 (0.79–0.92)

0.94 (0.82–1.08)

0.96 (0.84–1.10)

0.95 (0.83–1.09)

Education

 High

 

1

1

 

1

1

 Mid

 

0.59 (0.54–0.64)

0.60 (0.55–0.65)

 

0.61 (0.54–0.68)

0.62 (0.55–0.69)

 Low

 

0.33 (0.29–0.37)

0.32 (0.28–0.37)

 

0.40 (0.34–0.47)

0.40 (0.34–0.48)

Economic activity

 Employed

 

1

1

 

1

1

 Non-employed

 

0.84 (0.78–0.91)

0.86 (0.79–0.93)

 

0.74 (0.67–0.83)

0.75 (0.67–0.84)

Toothache

 Yes

  

1

  

1

 No

  

0.51 (0.46–0.57)

  

0.53 (0.46–0.62)

Missing teeth

 No

  

1

  

1

 1–5

  

1.16 (1.05–1.28)

  

1.15 (0.99–1.32)

  > 6

  

0.71 (0.62–0.80)

  

0.76 (0.65–0.90)

  1. Model 1 – Adjusted for age, gender and ethnicity
  2. Model 2 – Adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, education and economic activity
  3. Model 3 – Adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, education, economic activity, toothache in the past 12 months and number of missing teeth