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Table 5.

Logistic regression analysis with presence of oral potentially malignant disorders as dependent factor.

Factor	Categories	Adjusted Odds ratio	95% Confidence Interval	p value
Gender	Male	2.09	1.45–3.00	<0.0001^∗
Gender	Female	Ref		<0.0001^∗

Tobacco consumption	Ever consumers	2.06	1.07–3.95	0.030^∗
Tobacco consumption	Never consumers	Ref		0.030^∗

Areca nut chewing	Ever consumers	2.64	1.36–5.13	0.004^∗
Areca nut chewing	Never consumers	Ref		0.004^∗

Dental visit	Yes	1.03	0.46–2.32	0.939
Dental visit	No	Ref		0.939

Prosthesis use	Yes	1.16	0.52–2.61	0.720
Prosthesis use	No	Ref		0.720

Diabetes	Yes	2.21	1.18–4.16	0.014^∗
Diabetes	No	Ref		0.014^∗

Body mass Index	Underweight	2.23	1.25–3.99	0.007^∗
	Normal	1.64	1.08–2.49
	Overweight	Ref

^∗ p value < 0.05: statistical significant difference.