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Published in final edited form as: Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2008 Nov 12;37(2):116–122. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2008.00447.x

Table 2.

Results of Incidence Density (ID) and Logistic Regression Analysis of Baseline Caries Risk Factors Relationship to d2-3f Caries after 18 months (n = 128)

Baseline Factor		Incidence Density (ID) Analysis			Odds Ratio (95% CI) from Logistic Regression Analysis
Baseline Factor		ID/ month	IDR^*	p-value	Odds Ratio (95% CI) from Logistic Regression Analysis
Presence of Plaque	Yes (n=39)	0.017	2.41	0.015	3.4 (1.4, 8.4)
Presence of Plaque	No (n=86)	0.007	2.41	0.015	3.4 (1.4, 8.4)
Presence of MS	Yes (n=17)	0.026	5.55	<0.001	7.4 (2.6, 21.3)
Presence of MS	No (n=106)	0.005	5.55	<0.001	7.4 (2.6, 21.3)
Sugar-Sweetened Beverage^‡ Consumption	Yes (n=44)	0.019	3.44	0.001	5.2 (2.0, 13.3)
Sugar-Sweetened Beverage^‡ Consumption	No (n =81)	0.006	3.44	0.001	5.2 (2.0, 13.3)
Night time bottle Feeding	Yes (n = 73)	0.008	0.55	0.062	0.4 (0.2, 1.03)
Night time bottle Feeding	No (n = 52)	0.014	0.55	0.062	0.4 (0.2, 1.03)

IDR = Incidence Density Ratio

^‡

Sugar Sweetened Beverages included regular soda pop, sugared beverages made from powder, sports drinks, juice drinks and other sugared beverages