Table 3.
Crude (c) and adjusted (a) rate ratios (RR) for severity of dental caries (DMFT+dmft), recipients of Bolsa Família and other independent variables in schoolchildren aged 8 to 12 years. Pelotas, RS, Southern Brazil, 2010. Poisson regression analysis. (N = 1,107)
| Independent variable | RRc | 95%CI | p | RRa | 95%CI | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maternal schooling (years) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||||
| 12 or more | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 9 to 11 | 1.93 | 1.38;2.71 | 1.49 | 1.03;2.14 | |||
| 5 to 8 | 2.22 | 1.57;3.12 | 1.63 | 1.11;2.38 | |||
| ≥ 4 | 2.71 | 1.95;3.76 | 1.95 | 1.34;2.84 | |||
| Family structure | 0.372 | – | |||||
| Nuclear | 1 | – | |||||
| Non-nuclear | 1.07 | 0.93;1.23 | |||||
| Sex | 0.272 | ||||||
| Male | 1 | – | – | ||||
| Female | 0.81 | 0.70;0.93 | |||||
| Age (years) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||||
| 8 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 9 | 0.85 | 0.69;1.04 | 0.79 | 0.64;0.97 | |||
| 10 | 0.70 | 0.56;0.87 | 0.66 | 0.53;0.82 | |||
| 11 | 0.52 | 0.41;0.66 | 0.48 | 0.38;0.61 | |||
| 12 | 0.56 | 0.43;0.73 | 0.46 | 0.35;0.31 | |||
| Presence of plaque (terciles) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||||
| First | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Second | 1.43 | 1.19;1.71 | 1.38 | 1.15;1.67 | |||
| Third | 1.65 | 1.40;1.95 | 1.57 | 1.32;1.87 | |||
| Fear of dentist | 0.146 | – | |||||
| No | 1 | ||||||
| A little | 1.01 | 0.85;1.21 | – | ||||
| Yes | 0.69 | 0.44;1.08 | |||||
| Very much | 1.29 | 0.94;1.77 | |||||
| Bolsa Família | < 0.001 | 0.007 | |||||
| No (private school) | 1 | 1 | |||||
| No (public school) | 1.82 | 1.46;2.26 | 1.48 | 1.17;1.87 | |||
| Yes | 1.95 | 1.55;2.47 | 1.53 | 1.18;2.00 | |||