Table 4. Risk factors for poor self-reported oral health status -multivariate logistic regression.

	Risk factor	p-value	ORs (exp(B)) to have poor oral health compared with reference category (95% Confidence interval)
Age band	16 to 24†
	25 to 34	p<0.001	1.54 (1.24, 19.1) +++
	35 to 44	p<0.001	1.62 (1.30, 2.00)+++
	45 to 54	p<0.001	2.25 (1.81, 2.79)+++
	55 to 64	p<0.001	2.20 (1.78, 2.73)+++
	65 to 74	p<0.001	1.72 (1.36, 2.17)+++
	75 and over	p<0.001	2.10 (1.66, 2.65)+++
Gender	Male†
	Female	p<0.001	0.82 (0.74, 0.90)+++
Ethnicity	White British/other White†
	Mixed race	p = 0.05	0.49 (0.24, 1.00)
	Asian-Indian	p = 0.17	0.79 (0.56–1.10)
	Asian-Pakistani & Bangladeshi	p<0.001	2.16(1.52–3.07)+++
	Asian-Other	p = 0.64	0.86(0.47,1.58)
	Black Caribbean	p = 0.88	1.04 (0.61, 1.77)
	Black African	p = 0.46	0.82 (0.47, 1.42)
	Other Black	p = 0.55	0.50 (0.05, 5.02)
	Other ethnic group	p = 0.24	0.81 (0.53, 1.25)
Deprivation (IMD)	1 most deprived†
	2	p<0.001	0.68 (0.57, 0.82)+++
	3	p<0.001	0.64 (0.54, 0.77)+++
	4	p<0.001	0.55 (0.46, 0.65) +++
	5 least deprived	p<0.001	0.51 (0.42, 0.60)+++
Smoke	No†
	Yes	p<0.001	2.29 (2.02, 2.55) +++
Region	North East†
	North West	p = 0.25	1.14 (0.92, 1.41)
	Yorkshire & the Humber	p = 0.10	1.20 (0.97, 1.49)
	East Midlands	p = 0.91	0.99 (0.80, 1.23)
	West Midlands	p = 0.17	0.85 (0.67, 1.08)
	East of England	p = 0.02	1.30 (1.05, 1.61)+
	London	p = 0.006	1.39 (1.10, 1.76) ++
	South East Coast	p = 0.03	1.28 (1.03, 1.59)++
	South Central	p = 0.05	1.26 (0.99, 1.59)
	South West	p = 0.008	1.34 (1.08, 1.66)++

†reference category

Significance levels:

+++ <0.001

++ <0.01

+ <0.05