Oral health profile status and treatment needs in the Salvadoran elderly population: a cross-sectional study

BMC Oral Health

Table 5 Treatment needs associated with sociodemographic factors

Variable	Bivariate analysis													Multivariate analysis for dental prosthesis
	n	Fillings			Prosthesis			Pulp treatment			Exodontia			Estimation	p value	(95% C.I)
	n	%	Media	p value	%	Media	p value	%	Media	p value	%	Media	p value	Estimation	p value	(95% C.I)
Sex
Male	233	24.42	3.23	0.97	45.86	13.52	0.731	10.4	0.65	0.001*	23.89	2.85	0.001*	2.312	0.01	(0.555, 4.069)
Female	238	21.87	2.34		44.37	13.84		7.43	0.22		16.56	1.65
Age
From 60 to 75 years old	320	36.09	3.23	0.014	60.72	12.14	0.000*	14.23	0.5	0.142	23.57	1.78	0.000*	5.835	0.000*	(3.955, 7.716)
Over 75 years old	151	10.19	1.81		29.51	16.93		3.61	0.29		16.99	3.24
Residence
Urban	283	27.81	2.92	0.526	55.63	14.27	0.526	11.25	0.43	0.978	30.36	2.73	0.002*	0.262	0.792	(− 1.689, 2.213)
Rural	188	18.47	2.57		34.61	12.8		6.58	0.43		10.19	1.51
Region
Central	101	11.46	2.62*	0.120	19.75	12.26	0.000*	4.67	0.6	0.406	13.59	4.06	0.000*	0.144	0.59	(− 0.382, 0.671)
Occidental	79	8.7	2.87		14.44	11.49		2.97	0.28		6.37	1.96
Oriental	59	6.79	3.85		12.53	18.37		2.55	0.51		4.25	1.64
North	90	4.88	1.33		16.56	16.98		1.91	0.21		4.25	1
Paracentral	56	5.1	3.39		11.46	14.2		3.4	0.46		7.01	2.87
Coast	86	9.34	3.26		15.5	10.35		2.34	0.53		5.1	1.67
Total	471	46.28	2.78		90.23	13.68		17.83	0.43		40.55	2.24

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