Table 5.

Adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals (CI) for factors associated with dental caries for urban and rural participants

Variable	Urban			Rural
	aOR	95% CI	p- value	aOR	95% CI	p- value
Oral health knowledge score	1.18	0.95–1.46	0.13	1.17	0.93–1.48	0.18
Oral health attitude score	1.21	0.94–1.55	0.14	0.71	0.53–0.97	0.03
Oral hygiene practice score	1.10	0.89–1.37	0.37	0.95	0.81–1.12	0.57
Sugar consumption score	0.99	0.92–1.07	0.82	0.95	0.88–1.03	0.21
Age in years	0.89	0.59–1.33	0.57	1.14	0.78–1.65	0.50
Gender (Male/Female)	1.66	0.84–3.29	0.14	1.16	0.60–2.24	0.65

Note. aOR = adjusted odds ratio (Adjusted for all variables in table.) The reference point is the first category for gender