Link between perceived oral and general health status among Yemeni adult dental patients

BMC Oral Health

Table 5 Ordinal regression for the effect of study variables on perceived oral health (POH) status

		Estimate	Std. Error	OR	95% CI		Sig.
		Estimate	Std. Error	OR	Lower	Upper	Sig.
Age	≤ 20 years	1.18	0.53	3.27	1.16	9.21	0.025
	21–30 years	1.13	0.43	3.10	1.34	7.19	0.008
	31–40 years	0.79	0.43	2.20	0.94	5.12	0.068
	41–50 years	0.85	0.47	2.34	0.92	5.95	0.073
	> 50 years	Reference
Gender	Male	0.31	0.28	1.37	0.79	2.36	0.263
Gender	Female	Reference
Marital status	Single	0.69	0.28	2.00	1.15	3.48	0.014
Marital status	Married	Reference
Education	Illiterate	−1.51	0.42	0.22	0.10	0.50	< .001
	Primary	−1.14	0.33	0.32	0.17	0.61	0.001
	Preparatory	−0.87	0.33	0.42	0.22	0.81	0.010
	Secondary	− 0.18	0.29	0.84	0.47	1.49	0.551
	University or above	Reference
Dental prosthesis	Yes	−0.34	0.22	0.71	0.46	1.10	0.127
Dental prosthesis	No	Reference
Qat chewing	Yes	−0.30	0.25	0.74	0.46	1.21	0.230
Qat chewing	No	Reference

Pseudo R-Square: Nagelkerke = 0.26; Model Fitting Information: χ2 = 92.45, P < 0.001

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