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Table 3 Relationship between caries experience and general characteristics

From: A cross-sectional study on the association between vitamin D levels and caries in the permanent dentition of Korean children

Variable

Caries experience

First molar caries experience

ORa (95% CI)

P value*

OR (95% CI)

P value*

Sex

Male

0.819 (0.644–1.042)

0.104

0.841 (0.666–1.063)

0.148

Female

1.000 (reference)

 

1.000 (reference)

 

House income

High

1.205 (0.879–1.653)

0.247

1.172 (0.855–1.608)

0.323

Middle

1.000 (reference)

 

1.000 (reference)

 

Low

1.314 (0.962–1.795)

0.086

1.250 (0.928–1.685)

0.142

Vitamin D (two classification)

<  50 nmol

1.246 (0.975–1.592)

0.079

1.295 (1.020–1.644)

0.034

≥ 50 nmol

1.000 (reference)

 

1.000 (reference)

 

Age

 

1.364 (1.184–1.572)

<  0.001

1.241 (1.084–1.420)

0.002

Frequency of tooth brushing

1.057 (0.886–1.262)

0.537

1.020 (0.855–1.218)

0.824

  1. The data were analyzed using a complex weighted sample design
  2. *P values were determined from complex samples logistic regression
  3. aValues are expressed as the adjusted odds ratios