Table 4 Association between independent variables and higher knowledge of periodontitis and its association with systemic diseases

Gender

Male

1.00

1.00

Female

1.978

1.504

2.601

< 0,001

1.861

1.377

2.517

< 0,001

Profession

Physicians

1.00

1.00

Dentists

5.288

3.922

7.130

< 0,001

5.863

4.029

8.531

< 0,001

Years of work experience

Between 5 and 10 years of experience

1.537

1.096

2.157

0.013

1.378

0.960

1.977

0.082

Between 10 and 20 years of experience

1.031

0.749

1.418

0.853

0.921

0.649

1.306

0.643

More than 20 years of experience

0.674

0.477

0.952

0.025

0.767

0.524

1.123

0.173

Less than 5 years of experience

1.00

1.00

Type of practice

Private practice

2.351

1.787

3.094

< 0,001

0.767

0.548

1.129

0.193

Both

1.094

0.720

1.662

0.674

0.834

0.834

1.331

0.446

Public practice

1.00

1.00

The source of information

University course

1.304

0.816

2.084

0.266

1.106

0.669

1.829

0.694

Professional training

1.163

0.676

2.001

0.585

0.939

0.525

1.681

0.833

Scientific journals

1.407

0.730

2.710

0.308

1.531

0.764

3.068

0.230

Internet

1.023

0.587

1.783

0.935

0.803

0.441

1.460

0.471

Other

1.096

0.633

1.897

0.743

0.979

0.544

1.762

0.944

I have no knowledge

1.00

1.00