Table 2. Caries experience (DMFT>0) by demographic and socioeconomic characteristics in the total sample, Brazil, 2010.

Characteristics		N DMFT>0 (%)	OR a [95%CI]	P value
Self-reported race/ethnicity
	White	1566 (71.9)	1 [reference]
	African descents	452 (77.1)	1.32 [1.06–1.63]	0.012
	East Asian descents	86 (83.5)	1.97 [1.16–3.35]	0.012
	Mixed Race	1987(81.0)	1.66 [1.45–1.91]	<0.001
	Indigenous descents	36 (75.0)	1.17 [0.60–2.26]	0.640
Sex
	Male	1854 (75.6)	1 [reference]
	Female	2273 (78.0)	1.14 [1.01–1.30]	0.041
Age
	15 years	1029 (71.6)	1 [reference]
	16 years	735 (75.5)	1.23 [1.01–1.48]	0.031
	17 years	771 (78.9)	1.49 [1.23–1.80]	<0.001
	18 years	793 (79.7)	1.56 [1.29–1.89]	<0.001
	19 years	799 (81.2)	1.72 [1.41–2.09]	<0.001
Education
	≤ 4 years	177 (88.5)	2.67 [1.72–4.15]	<0.001
	5–8 years	1448 (80.5)	1.44 [1.25–1.65]	<0.001
	≥ 9 years	2492 (74.3)	1 [reference]
	Missing information	10 (83.3)
Family Income
	≤ US$142	137 (85.6)	3.52 [2.20–5.63]	<0.001
	US$143–284	571 (83.2)	2.93 [2.27–3.79]	<0.001
	US$285–852	2090 (79.7)	2.33 [1.94–2.78]	<0.001
	US$853–1420	678 (73.7)	1.66 [1.34–2.05]	<0.001
	≥ US$1421	418 (62.9)	1 [reference]
	Missing information	233 (74.0)

^aUnadjusted logistic regression models and odds ratios (OR) reported with a 95% confidence interval