Table 5.
Factors associated with salivary Candida detection in women with socioeconomic disadvantages
| Variables | Estimate | Standard Error | Wald ChiSq | p-value | Odds Ratio | 95% confidence interval | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower | Upper | |||||||
| Age | −0.03 | 0.06 | 0.25 | 0.61 | 0.97 | 0.87 | 1.09 | |
| Race | African American vs. others | 0.48 | 1.04 | 0.21 | 0.64 | 1.62 | 0.21 | 12.38 |
| White vs. others | −0.31 | 1.04 | 0.08 | 0.77 | 0.74 | 1.00 | 5.62 | |
| Asian vs. others | 0.58 | 1.26 | 0.21 | 0.65 | 1.78 | 0.15 | 20.95 | |
| Ethnicity (Non-Hispanic vs. Hispanic) | −0.50 | 1.18 | 0.18 | 0.68 | 0.61 | 0.06 | 6.13 | |
| Diabetes | 2.19 | 1.67 | 1.73 | 0.19 | 0.112 | 0.00 | 2.93 | |
| Asthma | 0.68 | 1.07 | 0.40 | 0.53 | 1.97 | 0.24 | 16.13 | |
| Emotional disorder | 0.94 | 1.00 | 0.88 | 0.35 | 2.56 | 0.36 | 18.12 | |
| Pregnancy | −1.18 | 0.82 | 2.07 | 0.15 | 0.31 | 0.06 | 1.54 | |
| Hypertension | 2.67 | 1.24 | 4.67 | 0.03 | 14.47 | 1.28 | 163.51 | |
| Smoking | 1.14 | 1.02 | 1.25 | 0.26 | 3.12 | 0.42 | 22.95 | |
| Tooth brushing frequency | 0.66 | 0.72 | 0.84 | 0.36 | 1.93 | 0.47 | 7.87 | |
| Plaque index | −0.36 | 0.51 | 0.50 | 0.48 | 0.70 | 0.26 | 1.89 | |
| Decayed teeth | 0.27 | 0.13 | 4.23 | 0.04 | 1.31 | 1.01 | 1.69 | |
| DMFT (Decayed, Missing, Filled teeth) | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.86 | 0.35 | 1.09 | 0.91 | 1.31 | |
| Salivary S. mutans level | 1.57 | 0.71 | 4.82 | 0.03 | 4.80 | 1.18 | 19.43 | |
Logistic regression model for was used to estimate the Maximum Likelihood and Odds Ratio of variables associated with the saliva Candida detection (yes or no). Hypertension, decayed teeth number and salivary S. mutans carriage level is significantly associated with oral Candida detection in women with socioeconomic disadvantages