Table 2.

Logistic regression analysis of factors associated with self-perceived oral malodor.

Variable	B	SE	OR (95% CI)	P value
Age ≥ 30	0.90	0.28	2.46 (1.43–4.23)	0.001
≤ High school education	−0.42	0.28	0.66 (0.39–1.12)	0.122
Tongue coating	1.26	0.28	3.53 (2.05–6.08)	0.000
Xerostomia	0.44	0.28	1.56 (0.89–2.71)	0.120
Bleeding when brushing teeth	1.08	0.27	2.96 (1.76–4.97)	0.000
Never professional tooth cleaning	−0.42	0.30	0.66 (0.36–1.19)	0.166
Tooth brushing someday	−0.81	0.48	0.45 (0.17–1.16)	0.096
Mouth rinse use	0.24	0.27	1.27 (0.76–2.14)	0.364
Toothpick use	0.31	0.27	1.36 (0.80–2.32)	0.262

B: regression coefficient; SE: standard error; OR: adjusted odds ratio; CI: confidence interval