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. 2024 Jan 28;21:4. doi: 10.18502/fid.v21i4.14821

Table 4.

Associations between independent variables, including: socio-demographic characteristics, cognitive factors, self-reported general health, and dental status by simple linear regression

DMFT D M F
B
95.0%
Confidence
(LL_UL)
Sig B
95.0%
Confidence
(LL_UL)
Sig B
95.0%
Confidence
(LL_UL)
Sig B
95.0%
Confidence
(LL_UL)
Sig
Age 0.324
(0.194_0.454)
<0.001 0.054
(-0.014_0.121)
0.117 0.145
(0.091_0.200)
<0.001 0.124
(0.028_0.221)
0.012
Women’s
Education
Without
diploma
Ref Ref Ref Ref
University 0.433
(-1.815_2.682)
0.704 -1.046
(-2.149_0.056)
0.063 -0.337
(-1.289_0.615)
0.486 2.095
(0.536_3.655)
0.009
Diploma 1.162
(-0.489_2.812)
0.167 -0.492
(-1.302_0.317)
0.232 -0.136
(-0.835_0.564)
0.703 2.068
(0.923_3.213)
<0.001
Husbands’
Education
Without
diploma
Ref Ref Ref Ref
University 1.145
(-1.089_3.379)
0.314 -0.921
(-2.016_0.174)
0.099 0.153
(-0.795_1.101)
0.750 2.152
(0.574_3.731)
0.008
Diploma -0.767
(-2.470_0.936)
0.376 -0.747
(-1.582_0.088)
0.079 -0.069
(-0.792_0.654)
0.850 0.288
(-0.915_1.492)
0.637
Self-
reported
income
Good Ref Ref Ref Ref
Medium -1.274
(-3.282_0.734)
0.213 -0.219
(-1.211_0.774)
0.664 0.063
(-0.787_0.914)
0.883 -1.119
(-2.550_0.312)
0.125
Low -0.737
(-2.979_1.506)
0.518 -2.289
(-1.397_0.819)
0.608 0.219
(-0.730_1.169)
0.650 -1.142
(-2.740_0.456)
0.160
Self-reported general
health
0.838
(-3.950_2.274)
0.596 0.400
(-1.133_1.933)
0.607 0.396
(-0.917_1.710)
0.553 -1.494
(-3.710_0.721)
0.185
Week -0.044
(-0.132_0.045)
0.331 -0.025
(-0.068_0.019)
0.265 -0.023
(-0.060_0.014)
0.225 0.014
(-0.050_0.077)
0.672
BMI 0.067
(-0.129_0.263)
0.502 0.027
(-0.070_0.123)
0.587 0.004
(-0.079_0.087)
0.926 -0.019
(-0.159_0.121)
0.788
General oral health
knowledge
-0.241
(-0.697_0.214)
0.298 -0.120
(-0.344_0.105)
0.295 -0.133
(-0.325_0.059)
0.173 0.113
(-0.213_0.439)
0.494
Knowledge about
pregnancy oral health
0.142
(-0.681_0.965)
0.734 -0.010
(-0.415_0.396)
0.962 -0.057
(-0.405_0.290)
0.745 0.151
(-0.436_0.739)
0.612

DMFT: decayed missed filled teeth