Associations of nutritional status, sugar and second-hand smoke exposure with dental caries among 3- to 6-year old Malaysian pre-schoolers: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 Multivariate negative binomial regression analysis of the potential risk factors for decayed teeth (dt) of the pre-schoolers

Variables	B	SE	Adjusted mean ratio (95% CI)	p value
Sex
Female^a
Male	0.360	0.172	1.43 (1.024–2.006)	0.036*
Number of cigarettes smoked inside the house in a day
Never smoked inside the house^a
≥ 1 cigarette smoked inside the house per day	0.479	0.172	1.61 (1.153–2.260)	0.005*
Total sugar exposure
≤ 6 times^a
> 6 times	0.737	0.261	2.09 (1.253–3.483)	0.005*

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