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Table 5 Multinomial logistic regression in affected subjects

From: Are distinctive risk indicators associated with different stages of caries in children? A cross-sectional study

Number of observations = 165

log likelihood = −117.77

p < 0.01

 

Coef (SE)

p > |z|

95% Conf. Interval

Initial lesions (ICDS =1/2)

Maternal educational level (Compulsory)

0.16 (0.41)

0.70

−0.64/0.95

Paternal educational level (Compulsory)

0.77 (0.62)

0.22

−0.45/1.98

Gender (Male)

1.77 (0.82)

0.03

0.16/3.39

Paternal occupational status (Unemployed)

0.89 (0.45)

0.04

0.03/1.77

Sweetened pacifier at night (Yes)

0.12 (0.84)

0.88

−1.52/1.76

Moderate lesions (ICDS = 3/4)

Maternal educational level (Compulsory)

0.60 (0.21)

<0.01

0.19/1.02

Paternal educational level (Compulsory)

−0.19 (0.19)

0.34

−0.58/0.20

Gender (Male)

−0.15 (0.38)

0.69

−0.89/0.59

Paternal occupational status (Unemployed)

−0.71 (0.32)

0.03

−1.35/−0.08

Sweetened pacifier at night (Yes)

−1.16 (0.43)

<0.01

−2.01/−0.31

Extensive lesions (ICDS = 5/6)

Base outcome

  1. The most prevalent caries stage (initial, moderate, extensive) was used as the dependent variable