Influence of gender and oral health knowledge on DMFT index: a cross sectional study among school children in Kaski District, Nepal

Table 5 Multiple Regression Analysis: Association of socio-economic characteristics, knowledge and practices with total DMFT

Characteristics	β-coefficient¹	95% Confidence interval for β		P value
Characteristics	β-coefficient¹	Lower bound	Upper bound	P value
Gender (female)	0.43	0.13	0.73	0.005
Education level of father (below secondary)	0.08	− 0.08	0.24	0.302
Education level of mother (below secondary)	− 0.07	− 0.23	0.09	0.385
Occupation of father (Unemployed)	− 0.03	− 0.14	0.09	0.634
Occupation of mother (Unemployed)	0.06	− 0.03	0.16	0.206
Previous Exposure to OHE (no)	0.19	− 0.12	0.50	0.232
Total knowledge score	− 0.09	− 0.20	− 0.01	0.047
Availability of water (no)	0.02	− 0.70	0.74	0.962
Regular brushing habit (no)	0.12	− 0.15	0.39	0.37
Mouth gargle after meal (no)	− 0.22	− 0.51	0.08	0.147
Tongue cleaning after meal (no)	− 0.10	− 0.30	0.09	0.291

¹Adjusted for of gender, education level of father, education level of mother, occupation of father, occupation of mother, previous exposure to oral health education, knowledge score, availability of water, regular brushing habit, mouth gargle after meal, and tongue cleaning after meal

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