Relationship between the difference in electric pulp test values and the diagnostic type of pulpitis

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Table 3 Relationship between the difference in EPT values and clinical diagnosis of pulpitis in the four models

Variables	Crude model		Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
Variables	OR (95% CI)	P	OR (95% CI)	P	OR (95% CI)	P	OR (95% CI)	P
Difference in EPT values	1.023 (1.000, 1.047)	0.050	1.024 (1.001, 1.048)	0.045*	1.023 (1.000, 1.047)	0.050	1.025 (1.002, 1.050)	0.035*
Difference in EPT values (quartile)
Q1	Reference	0.498	Reference	0.488	Reference	0.529	Reference	0.448
Q2	1.100 (0.498, 2.431)	0.814	1.114 (0.503, 2.467)	0.798	1.138 (0.513, 2.528)	0.750	1.146 (0.512, 2.565)	0.741
Q3	1.320 (0.610, 2.858)	0.481	1.373 (0.627, 3.008)	0.428	1.299 (0.588, 2.867)	0.518	1.382 (0.618, 3.090)	0.430
Q4	1.800 (0.807, 4.014)	0.151	1.812 (0.812, 4.045)	0.147	1.795 (0.803, 4.017)	0.154	1.904 (0.842, 4.306)	0.122
P for the trend	0.133		0.125		0.146		0.109

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