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. 2014 Nov 25;14:138. doi: 10.1186/1472-6831-14-138

Table 3.

Rate ratio of decayed permanent teeth in 12–17 year olds and TV, by age, sex, ethnicity and diet

Model 1 Model 2
Rate ratio Rate ratio
Age (reference: 12 years) Age 14 years 1.11 (0.98, 1.27) 1.09 (0.96, 1.24)
Age 17 years 1.28*** (1.12, 1.45) 1.27*** (1.12, 1.45)
Sex (female) 1.40*** (1.26, 1.56) 1.42*** (1.28, 1.57)
City (rural) 1.49*** (1.33, 1.66) 1.47*** (1.31, 1.65)
Ethnicity: (reference: Han) Ethnicity Zhuang 1.61*** (1.44, 1.80) 1.60*** (1.43, 1.78)
Ethnicity Yao 0.32*** (0.27, 0.39) 0.31*** (0.26, 0.38)
TV (reference: <30 minutes/day) 30-60 minutes 1.04 (0.90, 1.19) 1.04 (0.91, 1.20)
60-120 minutes 1.24** (1.07, 1.43) 1.24** (1.07, 1.43)
120-180 minutes 1.26* (1.04, 1.52) 1.26* (1.04, 1.52)
>180 minutes 1.26* (1.04, 1.54) 1.26* (1.04, 1.54)
Drink milk (reference: never) Sometimes 0.91 (0.77, 1.07)
Every day 0.94 (0.77, 1.17)
Twice a day 0.84 (0.64, 1.12)
Breakfast (Have breakfast most days) 0.87 (0.75, 1.03)

Model 1 adjusted for age, sex, area of residence (rural/ urban), Ethnicity, TV viewing. Model 2 additionally adjusted for eating breakfast regularly, and frequency of drinking milk. *** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05.

For Model 1: log likelihood chi-square: 334.19, Prob > chi-square:<0.001, Pseudo R-square: 0.0289.

For Model 2: log likelihood chi-square: 338.70, Prob > chi-square:<0.001, Pseudo R-square: 0.0293.