Impact evaluation of a school-based oral health program: Kuwait National Program

BMC Oral Health

Table 4 Poisson regression analysis final models predicting children OH indicators significantly associated with SOHP enrolments

Variables	PR^a	P-value	95% CI
Variables	PR^a	P-value	Lower limit	Upper limit
DMFT
Constant	3.613	< 0.001	2.449	5.330
Enrolment in the SOHP (No/Yes)	0.582	< 0.001	0.510	0.664
DMFS
Constant	8.120	< 0.001	6.161	10.702
Enrolment in the SOHP (No/Yes)	0.512	< 0.001	0.466	0.561
DT/dt
Constant	2.728	< 0.001	1.704	4.366
Enrolment in the SOHP (No/Yes)	0.450	< 0.001	0.385	0.526
Number of sealants
Constant	0.713	0.226	0.412	1.233
Enrolment in the SOHP (No/Yes)	2.825	< 0.001	2.157	3.700

SOHP School Oral Health Program, D/d decayed, F/f filled, M/m missing, S/s surface, T permanent teeth, t primary teeth
^aControlled for gender, mother’s education, mother’s age and number of siblings

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