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Table 3 Association of DMFT and its components with socio-demographic characteristics (Negative binomial regression model, n = 386)

From: Oral health status among newly arrived refugees in Germany: a cross-sectional study

Variables

DMFT

DT

MT

FT

Regression Coefficient (Standard error), P-value

Increase in age per year (continuous variable)

0.031 (0.003), < 0.001

0.008 (0.004), 0.047

0.089 (0.010), < 0.001

0.043 (0.013), < 0.001

Country of origin (ref. Syrians)

−0.013 (0.078), 0.873

− 0.165 (0.091), 0.069

0.657 (0.203), 0.112

0.001 (0.222), 0.997

Gender (ref. Male)

0.003 (0.091), 0.975

0 .070 (0.106), 0.507

−0.398 (0.250), 0.001

0.382 (0.246), 0.121

Increase in education per year (continuous variable)

−0.019 (0.009), 0.037

−0.021 (0.010), 0.047

− 0.069 (0.023), 0.003

0.050 (0.025), 0.045

Overall model Pseudo R-squared value, P-value

0.035, < 0.001

0.006, 0.022

0.093, < 0.001

0.012, 0.001

  1. DMFT Decayed Missing or Filled Teeth, DT Decayed Teeth, MT Missing Teeth, FT Filled Teeth