Table 2.
Association between area of residence and caries experience adjusting for demographic variables, health-related behaviours, material resources, social support and social capital† (N=1386)
| Area of residence |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Middle class OR (95% CI) |
Resettlement community | Slums | |
| Logit | |||
| Unadjusted | 1 | 0.34 (0.23 to 0.49)* | 0.30 (0.21 to 0.43)* |
| Adjusted for age, sex and religion | 1 | 0.28 (0.19 to 0.41)* | 0.25 (0.17 to 0.37)* |
| Fully adjusted for all covariates‡ | 1 | 0.22 (0.12 to 0.39)* | 0.22 (0.11 to 0.46)* |
| IRR (95% CI) | |||
| Negative binomial | |||
| Unadjusted | 1 | 0.88 (0.73 to 1.05) | 1.06 (0.89 to 1.26) |
| Adjusted for age, sex and religion | 1 | 0.91 (0.76 to 1.09) | 1.13 (0.94 to 1.35) |
| Fully adjusted for all covariates‡ | 1 | 1.00 (0.76 to 1.34) | 1.10 (0.78 to 1.54) |
*p<0.001.
†Association tested using Zero Inflated Negative Binomial Regression Method.
‡Fully adjusted for age, sex, religion, health-related behaviours, material resources, social support and social capital.
IRR, Incidence Rate Ratio.