Prevalence of dental caries and associated factors of detention center inmates in South Korea compared with Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) respondents: a retrospective study

Table 5 Prevalence of untreated caries and epidemiological indices of dental caries by common interest variables

	Prevalence of untreated caries (Yes = 1, No = 0)		DMFT		DT		MT		FT
	Beta	p Value	Beta	p Value	Beta	p Value	Beta	p Value	Beta	p Value
Group (Inmates = 1, KNHANES = 0)	1.115	< 0.001	0.364	< 0.001	0.747	< 0.001	0.816	< 0.001	− 0.079	0.096
Sex (Men = 1, Women = 2)	− 0.300	< 0.001	0.138	< 0.001	− 0.313	< 0.001	− 0.054	0.096	0.289	< 0.001
Age (Years)	− 0.011	< 0.001	0.009	< 0.001	− 0.009	< 0.001	0.043	< 0.001	− 0.004	< 0.001
History of dental pain (Yes = 1, No = 0)	0.156	< 0.001	− 0.017	0.267	0.071	0.092	0.021	0.544	0.018	0.378
Self-rated oral health (Very good = 1, Good = 2, Moderate = 3, Bad = 4, Very bad = 5)	0.460	< 0.001	0.129	< 0.001	0.465	< 0.001	0.262	< 0.001	− 0.012	0.330

Binary logistic regression analysis for the prevalence of untreated caries and negative binomial regression analysis for DMFT, DT, MT, and FT
Bold p values indicate significance (p < 0.05)
DMFT decayed, missing or filled teeth, DT decayed teeth, MT missing teeth, FT filled teeth

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