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

BMC Oral Health

Table 5 Factors associated with periodontal disease (pocket formation) among dentate dependents by logistic regression model (n = 148)

Variable	ES	SE^d	P-value	OR	95% CI
Age	0.07	0.03	0.017	1.07	1.01–1.13
Socioeconomic status^b	0.01	0.22	0.98	1.01	0.67–1.52
Main drug of abuse (Crystalline heroin)^c
Opium	− 0.09	0.50	0.86	0.92	0.35–2.43
Others	−0.10	0.74	0.89	0.90	0.21–3.82
Age at start of drug abuse	−0.09	0.04	0.014	0.92	0.86–0.98
Duration of opiate dependence	0.02	0.05	0.65	1.02	0.93–1.11
Duration of current methadone treatment (month)	−0.03	0.02	0.066	0.97	0.93–1.00

^amale = 0, female = 1
^bCombination of the following variables: area of residence, education, marital and employment status
^cReference group
Goodness of fit with Hosmer and Lemeshow test (p = 0.66)
^dStandard Error

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