Table 4 |
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Logistic regression to predict those at cut-off of 19 or above on the MDAS with variables: age group, sex, social class, education and self reported visiting to the dentist entered simultaneously |
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Variable |
Odds Ratio1 |
95% CI |
p value |
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Lower |
Upper |
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Age group |
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60+ years2 |
1.00 |
0.0002 |
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18–39 years |
4.14 |
2.12 |
8.07 |
0.0001 |
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40–59 years |
3.01 |
1.51 |
5.99 |
0.0017 |
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Sex |
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Male2 |
1.00 |
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Female |
2.09 |
1.35 |
3.24 |
0.0010 |
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Social class |
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Non-manual2 |
1.00 |
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Manual |
1.80 |
1.16 |
2.80 |
0.0088 |
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Education |
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University qualification2 |
1.00 |
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No university qualification |
1.77 |
1.06 |
2.96 |
0.0288 |
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Self-reported visiting to the dentist |
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Regular2 |
1.00 |
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Irregular |
2.26 |
1.48 |
3.46 |
0.0002 |
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1 Adjusted for the other variables in the table 2 Reference category |
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Humphris et al. BMC Oral Health 2009 9:20 doi:10.1186/1472-6831-9-20 |
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