Table 2.
Adjusted Associations between Mothers Having a Regular Place of Dental Care and Mother Ratings of Their Young Children’s Dental Health, by Mothers’ Racial/Ethnic Group#
| Black Mothers (n=645) | Hispanic Mothers (n=901) | White Mothers (n=1116) | |||||||
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| Model 1: adjusted for child variables only | |||||||||
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| estimate | 95%confidence interval | estimate | 95%confidence interval | estimate | 95%confidence interval | ||||
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| Mother-rated child dental health* | 0.18 | 0.01 | 0.35 | 0.15 | 0.01 | 0.29 | 0.20 | 0.08 | 0.33 |
| Child’s dental health is fair or poor (OR)** | 0.72 | 0.45 | 1.14 | 0.90 | 0.65 | 1.26 | 0.72 | 0.49 | 1.06 |
| Child experienced tooth pain (OR)** | 1.03 | 0.66 | 1.6 | 0.82 | 0.55 | 1.21 | 0.76 | 0.52 | 1.12 |
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| Model 2: adjusted for child variables and mother variables | |||||||||
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| estimate | 95% confidence interval | estimate | 95% confidence interval | estimate | 95% confidence interval | ||||
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| Mother-rated child dental health* | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.34 | 0.15 | 0.01 | 0.30 | 0.16 | 0.03 | 0.29 |
| Child’s dental health is fair or poor (OR)** | 0.78 | 0.48 | 1.27 | 0.93 | 0.65 | 1.33 | 0.77 | 0.52 | 1.16 |
| Child experienced tooth pain (OR)** | 1.11 | 0.70 | 1.76 | 0.83 | 0.55 | 1.27 | 0.81 | 0.54 | 1.22 |
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| Model 3: adjusted for child variables, mother variables, and propensity score | |||||||||
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| estimate | 95% confidence interval | estimate | 95% confidence interval | estimate | 95% confidence interval | ||||
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| Mother-rated child dental health* | 0.15 | −0.02 | 0.33 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.30 | 0.15 | 0.02 | 0.28 |
| Child’s dental health is fair or poor (OR)** | 0.85 | 0.51 | 1.40 | 0.90 | 0.62 | 1.29 | 0.84 | 0.55 | 1.28 |
| Child experienced tooth pain (OR)** | 1.06 | 0.66 | 1.70 | 0.87 | 0.57 | 1.34 | 0.81 | 0.53 | 1.24 |
Mother ratings of child dental health on 1–5 scale, 1=poor and 5=excellent); estimates are from linear regression models.
OR = odds ratio from logistic regression model. Confidence intervals not containing 1.00 indicate a significant association.
Depending on model, estimates are adjusted using children covariates (gender, age, dental fear, ABCD enrollment, immigrant status, primary language in the home, child has private dental insurance), mother covariates (age, dental insurance, income, education, employment status, immigrant status, marital status, smoking, dental fear, mental health, survey mode) and propensity scores.