Table 4.
Multilevel model for the caries index (DMFT)
| Variable | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate | SE | p-value | Estimate | SE | p-value | Estimate | SE | p-value | |
| Intercept | 2.0729 | 0.1129 | <0.0001 | 4.1380 | 1.2125 | 0.0014 | 2.4722 | 2.6456 | 0.3555 |
| Individual Level | |||||||||
| Sex (ref = male) | 0.5515 | 0.1641 | 0.0008 | 0.5629 | 0.1635 | 0.0006 | |||
| Age (years) | 0.3436 | 0.0779 | <0.0001 | 0.3305 | 0.0777 | <0.0001 | |||
| Health of teeth and mouth | 0.4984 | 0.0884 | <0.0001 | 0.5072 | 0.0881 | <0.0001 | |||
| Last visit to the dentist | -0.2598 | 0.0456 | <0.0001 | -0.2571 | 0.0455 | <0.0001 | |||
| Suburb level | |||||||||
| % of domestic sewage | -0.0656 | 0.0232 | 0.0048 | ||||||
| Variances | |||||||||
| Between suburbs | 0.1417 | 0.0844 | 0.0645 | 0.0600 | 0.0000 | - | |||
| Between individuals | 7.1852 | 0.2986 | 6.9196 | 0.3009 | 6.9371 | 0.2994 | |||
| 2 Res log likelihood | 5687.77 | 5172.32 | 5172.15 | ||||||
Piracicaba, SP, Brazil, 2012.