Table 2.

Stereotype logistic regression analysis of the association of household food security status with the number of self-reported oral health problems (n 23 261)

	Food secure (n 18 328)	Food insecure (n 5293)
	Weighted %	Weighted %	Unadjusted OR	95 % CI†	Adjusted OR	95 % CI†,‡
Oral problem no.
0 Problems	63·6	54·4*	Reference		Reference
1–2 Problems	27·8	30·4*	1·77	1·61, 1·94*	1·37	1·15, 1·58*
3–4 Problems	7·3	12·3*	3·11	2·95, 3·27*	2·21	1·98, 2·44*
5–6 Problems	1·2	2·9*	3·94	3·78, 4·09*	2·57	2·27, 2·88*

^* P = 0·0001.

^†Model adjusted for child age (years), gender (male/female), ethnicity (ethnic minority/mestizo majority) low maternal education (any primary school or less/any secondary school or higher), major household resources (any/none), urbanicity (urban residence/rural residence) and geographical region of residence (Andean highlands, Pacific coast, Amazon, Galapagos Islands).

^‡Reported number of oral health problems in past 12 months (pain, difficulties in chewing food, problems in speaking/pronouncing words, being unable or too embarrassed to smile, sleep disturbances or being unable to attend school).