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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Dent Assoc. 2014 Jun;145(6):531–540. doi: 10.14219/jada.2014.25

Table 2. Weighted mean (standard error) and 95% confidence interval of the mean for decayed surfaces for age group and gender by Hispanic/Latino participant subgroups.

All values are weighted for study design and nonresponse and are age standardized to the 2010 US Census population

Age Gender Cuban Dominican Mexican Puerto Rican Central American South American
Mean(SE) C.I. Mean(SE) C.I. Mean(SE) C.I. Mean(SE) C.I. Mean(SE) C.I. Mean(SE) C.I.
18–44 Male 1.2 (0.15) 0.9,1.5 0.6 (0.15) 0.3, 0.9 1.8 (0.15) 1.5, 2.1 1.2 (0.14) 0.9, 1.5 1.8 (0.20) 1.4, 2.2 0.8 (0.15) 0.5, 1.1
Female 0.8 (0.11) 0.6,1.0 0.7 (0.11) 0.4, 0.9 1.3 (0.09) 1.1, 1.5 1.2 (0.22) 0.8, 1.7 1.6 (0.18) 1.2, 1.9 1.0 (0.19) 0.6, 1.4
45–54 Male 1.0 (0.15) 0.8,1.4 0.7 (0.19) 0.3, 1.0 1.0 (0.11) 0.8, 1.2 1.0 (0.14) 0.8, 1.3 1.2 (0.23) 0.7, 1.6 0.7 (0.17) 0.3, 1.0
Female 0.8 (0.10) 0.6,1.0 0.2 (0.06) 0.1, 0.2 1.2 (0.11) 1.0, 1.4 1.0 (0.23) 0.6, 1.5 0.9 (0.12) 0.6, 1.1 0.5 (0.10) 0.3, 0.7
55–64 Male 1.0 (0.13) 0.7,1.2 0.5 (0.11) 0.2, 0.7 1.7 (0.33) 1.1, 2.4 0.7 (0.13) 0.4, 1.0 1.6 (0.46) 0.7, 2.5 0.7 (0.16) 0.4, 1.0
Female 0.4 (0.06) 0.3,0.6 0.3 (0.08) 0.2, 0.5 0.9 (0.14) 0.7, 1.2 0.6 (0.12) 0.4, 0.8 0.5 (0.08) 0.3, 0.7 0.5 (0.11) 0.3, 0.7
65–74 Male 0.8 (0.48) 0.0,1.8 0.2 (0.13) 0.0, 0.5 1.0 (0.25) 0.5, 1.5 0.7 (0.15) 0.4, 1.0 0.7 (0.38) 0.0, 1.5 0.7 (0.37) 0.0, 1.4
Female 0.4 (0.08) 0.1,0.2 0.1 (0.03) 0.0, 0.2 0.6 (0.13) 0.3, 0.9 0.4 (0.12) 0.2, 0.7 1.0 (0.20) 0.6, 1.3 1.1 (0.60) 0.0, 2.3
Total1 0.9 (0.07) 0.8,1.0 0.5 (0.06) 0.4, 0.7 1.4 (0.07) 1.3, 1.5 1.0 (0.08) 0.9, 1.2 1.4 (0.09) 1.3, 1.6 0.8 (0.09) 0.6, 1.0
1

P-value from overall Wald test for differences between background groups is <0.0001

2

P-value from overall Wald test for differences by background groups across the age and sex classes is <0.0001

3

P-values for differences by Background groups within each age group, 18–44 yrs (<0.0001), 45–54 yrs (<0.0001), 55–64 yrs (<0.0001), 65–74 (<0.0001)

4

P-values for differences by Gender within each age group, 18–44 yrs (0.0015), 45–54 yrs (0.4054), 55–64 yrs (0.0002), 65–74 (0.1869)