Table 3.

Association of DMFT and its components with socio-demographic characteristics (Negative binomial regression model, n = 386)

Variables	DMFT	DT	MT	FT
	Regression Coefficient (Standard error), P-value
Increase in age per year (continuous variable)	0.031 (0.003), < 0.001	0.008 (0.004), 0.047	0.089 (0.010), < 0.001	0.043 (0.013), < 0.001
Country of origin (ref. Syrians)	−0.013 (0.078), 0.873	− 0.165 (0.091), 0.069	0.657 (0.203), 0.112	0.001 (0.222), 0.997
Gender (ref. Male)	0.003 (0.091), 0.975	0 .070 (0.106), 0.507	−0.398 (0.250), 0.001	0.382 (0.246), 0.121
Increase in education per year (continuous variable)	−0.019 (0.009), 0.037	−0.021 (0.010), 0.047	− 0.069 (0.023), 0.003	0.050 (0.025), 0.045
Overall model Pseudo R-squared value, P-value	0.035, < 0.001	0.006, 0.022	0.093, < 0.001	0.012, 0.001

DMFT Decayed Missing or Filled Teeth, DT Decayed Teeth, MT Missing Teeth, FT Filled Teeth