Oral candidal carriage and its association with dental carious lesions in asymptomatic adults: a cross-sectional study from the UAE

Table 3 Binary logistic regression analysis for the association between Candida species carriage and dental caries indices adjusted for patients’ characteristics and diabetes status

Variable	Odds ratio	95% CI		p value
Variable	Odds ratio	Lower	Upper	p value
Sex^†	1.400	0.641	3.059	0.399
Age	0.996	0.969	1.024	0.797
Smoker^†	0.802	0.326	1.971	0.630
Diabetes Mellitus^†	1.392	0.643	3.011	0.401
Plaque index	0.897	0.658	1.222	0.490
DMFS	1.014	1.000	1.029	0.048

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