TABLE 4.

Prevalence ratios of dentoalveolar pain with patient characteristics.

PATIENT CHARACTERISTIC	CRUDE ANALYSIS		ADJUSTED ANALYSIS
	PR*	95% CI†	PR‡	95% CI
Age, y
30–44	1.07	0.7–1.6	0.92	0.6–1.4
45–64	0.79	0.5–1.2	0.59§	0.4–0.9
65+	0.71§	0.4–1.2	0.50§	0.3–0.9
Sex
Female	0.82	0.6–1.2
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	0.88	0.6–1.3
Treatment
No maintenance visit	3.53§	2.6–4.9	2.94§	2.1–4.2
Occlusal splints (ever)	0.75	0.4–1.4
Orthodontic treatment (ever)	0.67§	0.5–0.9	0.63§	0.4–0.9
Malocclusion
Class II	0.98	0.6–1.5
Class III	1.75§	1.1–2.8
Posterior or anterior open bite	1.11	0.7–1.7
Tooth Wear (1 + Teeth)	1.15	0.8–1.6
Missing Teeth (1 + Teeth)	1.60§	1.2–2.1	1.67§	1.2–2.3

^*PR: Prevalence ratio.

^†CI: Confidence interval.

^‡Variables included in multiple regression model if P < .2 in bivariate analysis.

^§P < .05.