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Table 4 Logistic regression analysis for caries risk behaviors associated with ECC for 6–71-months-old children in Ile-Ife, Nigeria with caries risk behaviors by age group (N = 1549)

From: Epidemiological profile of early childhood caries in a sub-urban population in Nigeria

Age

SiC index

6–11 months

12–23 months

24–35 months

36–37 months

48–59 months

60–71 months

AOR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

p value

p value

p value

p value

p value

p value

Sex

      

 Male

  

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Female

 

–

0.75

1.50

0.75

1.39

 

–

 

(0.16–3.56)

(0.51–4.42)

(0.20–2.80)

(0.09–22.59)

Intake of refined carbohydrate in-between-meals three times a day or more

      

 No

 

–

1.00

1.00

1.00

–

 Yes

–

 

0.95

4.21

2.94

 
   

(0.11–8.43)

(1.56–11.37)

(0.69–12.49)

 

Dental service utilization in the past 12 months

      

No

   

1.00

  

Yes

–

–

–

0.86

–

–

    

(0.11–6.97)

  

Use of fluoridated toothpaste

      

 No

 

1.00

1.00

1.00

  

 Yes

–

0.08

0.17

0.29

–

–

  

(0.004–1.37)

(0.03–01.01)

(0.05–1.54)

  

Toothbrushing more than once a day

      

 No

  

1.00

1.00

1.00

 

 Yes

–

–

0.44

3.55

0.11

–

   

(0.04–4.28)

(0.28–45.21)

(0.02–0.61)*

 

R2

 

0.13

0.06

0.08

0.08

0.02

  1. *p < 0.05