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Table 3 Adjusted odds ratio of multivariable logistic regression for associated factors of preventive dental visits

From: Effects of early preventive dental visits and its associations with dental caries experience: a cross-sectional study

 

ORadjusted (95%CI)

P

Sex

0.96 (0.71–1.28)

0.773

Age

0.88 (0.78–1.00)

< 0.05

More children (Ref: single child)

0.72 (0.54–0.97)

< 0.05

Age at starting brushing gum or teeth by parents’ earlier than one year old (Ref: later than one)

2.30 (1.71–3.08)

< 0.01

Age at parental perception on supervised tooth brushing (Continuous variable)

1.23 (1.06–1.32)

< 0.01

Mother has untreated caries

1.16 (0.79–1.71)

0.459

Father has untreated caries

0.68 (0.47–0.97)

< 0.05

Grandparents as child caregiver (Ref: Parents)

0.66 (0.37–1.12)

0.121

Resource of oral health information (Ref: None of above)

  

  Internet

0.75 (0.55–1.02)

0.064

  Book

1.26 (0.87–1.82)

0.217

   Friends

1.03 (0.69–1.53)

0.891

   Well-child physician

1.47 (1.08–2.00)

< 0.05

   School teachers

0.85 (0.60–1.20)

0.354

Living in urban (Ref: rural)

1.27 (0.46–3.40)

0.633

More than half hour from dental clinics (Ref: Less or equal than half hour)

4.82 (3.54–6.57)

< 0.01

Parental divorced (Ref: normal)

1.21 (0.61–2.38)

0.591

Mother’s age

1.04 (1.00–1.08)

< 0.05

Education years of mother

1.31 (1.10–1.56)

< 0.01

Family income category

1.09 (1.04–1.16)

< 0.01

Constant

0.01 (0.00–0.07)

< 0.01