Table 3.
Social economic variables and their effects on occurrence of false teeth and millet disease in Bushenyi district
| Variable | Household had false teeth in last 5 years |
Crude Odds Ratio (COR) |
P-value | |
| Yes (N=126) | No (N=89) | |||
| Education status | ||||
| Not Educated | 47 | 21 | ||
| Educated | 79 | 69 | 1.95 (1.02–3.76) | 0.043 |
| Type of housing (walls) | ||||
| Mud and Wattle | 119 | 74 | ||
| Brick | 7 | 15 | 3.45 (1.24–9.85) | 0.01 |
| Type of housing (floor) | ||||
| Not Cemented | 139 | 63 | ||
| Cemented | 13 | 26 | 4.41 (2.02–9.77) | <0.001 |
| Household had millet disease in last 5 years | ||||
| Yes (N=77) | No (N=138) | |||
| Education Status | ||||
| Not Educated | 52 | 15 | ||
| Educated | 25 | 113 | 15.67 (7.22–34.52) | < 0.001 |
| Type of housing (walls) | ||||
| Mud and Wattle | 75 | 119 | ||
| Brick | 2 | 19 | 5.99 (1.29–38.34) | 0.02 |
| Type of housing (floor) | ||||
| Not Cemented | 69 | 107 | ||
| Cemented | 8 | 31 | 2.50 (1.02–6.29) | 0.044 |
95% CI = 95% confidence interval