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Table 3 Odds ratios (OR) and their 95% Confidence Intervals (CI) for the association between dental caries experience (decayed teeth (DT) and filled teeth (FT)) and periodontal inflammation (bleeding on probing (BOP) and pocket probing depth (PPD)) according to the two-level random intercept binary logistic regression analyses

From: Co-occurrence of dental caries and periodontitis: multilevel modelling approach

 

Zero model (0)

Main effect (1) only tooth level

Main effects (2) tooth-level and individual-leveli

Outcome BOP

   

Fixed effects

OR (95% CI)

  

 No DT (ref.)

   

 DT

 

1.62 (1.41–1.85)

1.42 (1.20–1.67)

ICC

0.2815

0.2863

0.2681

Model fit BIC

133950.147

79931.581

55706.451

Fixed effects

OR (95% CI)

  

 No FT (ref.)

   

 FT

 

2.02 (1.90–2.14)

2.07 (1.82–2.23)

ICC

0.2815

0.2854

0.2610

Model fit BIC

133950.147

126821.384

87253.791

Outcome PPD

   

Fixed effects

OR (95% CI)

  

 No DT (ref.)

   

 DT

 

1.52 (1.31–1.76)

1.38 (1.15–1.67)

ICC

0.4752

0.4805

0.4176

Model fit BIC

146459.355

88802.983

63309.641

Fixed effects

OR(95% CI)

  

 No FT (ref.)

   

 FT

 

2.04 (1.90–2.20)

2.01 (1.83–2.20)

ICC

0.4752

0.4873

0.4113

Model fit BIC

146459.355

139539.056

97715.054

  1. ICC, interclass correlation coefficient; BIC, Bayesian Information Criterion; ref., reference category
  2. iAnalyses adjusted for age, sex, sugar-containing diet, tooth brushing frequency, use of interdental care products, last dental visit, smoking, systemic disease, use of medication and xerostomia