Oral health status and its determinants among opiate dependents: a cross-sectional study

BMC Oral Health

Table 4 Factors associated with DMFT of in-treatment opiate dependents as shown by a linear regression model

Varriable	All patients (210)^c			Dentate patients (162)^d
Varriable	Beta Coefficient	P-value	95% CI	Beta Coefficient	P-value	95% CI
Age	0.48	< 0.001	0.18–0.43	0.49	< 0.001	0.24–0.43
Socioeconomic status^a	−0.14	0.016	−1.98-(−0.21)	−0.16	0.016	−2.11-(−0.18)
Main drug of abuse (Crystalline heroin)^b
Opium	0.12	0.077	−0.22-4.31	0.07	0.383	−1.31-3.39
Others	0.04	0.514	−2.38-4.75	0.04	0.567	− 2.81-5.11
Age at start of drug abuse	0.01	0.912	−0.14-0.15	− 0.07	0.470	− 0.25-0.17
Duration of opiate dependence (year)	0.11	0.164	−0.04-0.24	0.12	0.145	−0.04-0.28
Duration of current methadone treatment (month)	0.07	0.221	−0.02-0.09	0.08	0.258	−0.04-0.15

^aCombination of the following variables: area of residence, education, marital and employment status
^bReference group
^cR² = 0.40
^dR² = 0.25

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