Table 3 association between levels 1 and 2 factors and caries experience, plaque accumulation and gingival inflammation using multilevel linear models
From: Clustering of children’s oral diseases in families and villages in a rural setting in Egypt
Factors | dmf/ DMF | PlI | GI | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B (95% CI) | P value | B (95% CI) | P value | B (95% CI) | P value | |
Child level factors | ||||||
Age | -0.48 (-0.59, -0.38) | < 0.001 | 0.001 (-0.02, 0.02) | 0.95 | 0.032 (0.01, 0.04) | < 0.001 |
Male vs. female | 0.46 (-0.12, 1.05) | 0.12 | 0.02 (-0.08, 0.13) | 0.65 | -0.01 (-0.09, 0.06) | 0.75 |
Twice daily brushing vs. not | 1.04 (0.24, 1.83] | 0.01 | -0.01 (-0.16, 0.15) | 0.95 | -0.07 (-0.17, 0.04) | 0.22 |
Daily sugar intake score out of 8 | 0.02 (-0.14, 0.19) | 0.77 | -0.008 (-0.04, 0.02) | 0.62 | -0.001 (-0.02, 0.02] | 0.95 |
Family and mother level factors | ||||||
Number of siblings in family | 0.17 (-0.23, 0.58) | 0.39 | 0.07 (-0.03, 0.16) | 0.15 | 0.02 (-0.04, 0.07) | 0.58 |
Secondary or higher education vs. less | -0.10 (-0.90, 1.11) | 0.84 | 0.23 (-0.01, 0.46) | 0.06 | 0.14 (-0.003, 0.29) | 0.05 |
Twice daily brushing vs. not | -0.82 (-1.72, 0.09) | 0.08 | -0.04 (-0.25, 0.17) | 0.71 | 0.07 (-0.06, 0.20) | 0.29 |
Daily sugar intake score out of 8 | 0.27 (-0.06, 0.60) | 0.11 | 0.03 (-0.04, 0.11) | 0.39 | 0.002 (-0.05, 0.05) | 0.95 |