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Table 3 Multiple regression analysis of association between caries and two independent variables

From: Early Childhood Caries among a Bedouin community residing in the eastern outskirts of Jerusalem

 

Presence of caries

 

N

OR

Sig.

95% CI

Family size (number of children):

    

   1–5

10

1

  

   6–9

3

10.89

n.s.*

0.48 – 248.23

   10–13

5

9.48

n.s.

0.62 – 144.82

mother's teeth appearance:

    

   Fairly good

6

1

  

   Fairly poor

12

0.25

n.s.

0.02 – 3.27

  1. * not statistically significant