Table 3.
Association Between Caries Development Rate with Independent Variables at 18 Months Follow-up: Univariate analysis (n = 2685 surfaces)
| Caries development rate n (%) |
P Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | 0.496 | |
| male | 302 (22.3) | |
| female | 312 (23.4) | |
| Main caregiver | 0.006 | |
| parents | 494 (24.1) | |
| others | 120 (18.9) | |
| Father education level | < 0.001 | |
| primary | 115 (18.8) | |
| secondary | 413 (25.7) | |
| college | 86 (18.4) | |
| Mother education level | 0.076 | |
| primary | 77 (18.7) | |
| secondary | 405 (23.3) | |
| college | 132 (24.5) | |
| Monthly family income, Thai baht | 0.630 | |
| < 10,000 | 126 (23.6) | |
| 10,000–20,000 | 332 (22.2) | |
| > 20,000 | 156 (23.9) | |
| Tooth brushing by | 0.003 | |
| child | 518 (24.1) | |
| parents | 96 (18.0) | |
| Frequency of brushing | < 0.001 | |
| < 2 times | 113 (32.0) | |
| ≥ 2 times | 501 (21.5) | |
| Brushing with fluoride toothpaste | 0.018 | |
| yes | 570 (22.4) | |
| no | 44 (31.0) | |
| Milk | < 0.001 | |
| non-sugary | 156 (18.0) | |
| sugary | 458 (25.2) | |
| On bottle feeding | 0.954 | |
| yes | 91 (23.0) | |
| no | 523 (22.8) | |
| Daily snack consumption | 0.127 | |
| ≤ 2 times | 373 (21.9) | |
| > 2 times | 241 (24.5) | |
| Contact characteristics | 0.056 | |
| closed | 449 (23.9) | |
| open | 165 (20.5) | |
| Food impaction | < 0.001 | |
| yes | 52 (34.9) | |
| no | 562 (22.2) | |
| Adjacent surface characteristics | < 0.001 | |
| sound | 406 (20.3) | |
| non-cavitated | 181 (31.3) | |
| cavitated | 27 (26.2) |