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Published in final edited form as: Caries Res. 2019 Oct 30;54(1):55–67. doi: 10.1159/000502793

Appendix Table 3.

Model selection with maternal median 25(OH)D status using truncated Poisson regression to model counts of positive EH scores (EH extent)

Model Selection Stage
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Model Term β exp(β) β exp(β) β exp(β) β exp(β) β exp(β)
Maternal suff/opt 25(OH)D status 0.39 1.48 0.32 1.38 −0.01 0.99 −0.05 0.95 −0.09 0.91
(−1.39, 2.29) (0.25, 9.87) (−1.24, 2.21) (0.29, 9.12) (−0.59, 0.58) (0.55, 1.79) (−0.61, 0.53) (0.54, 1.70) (−0.68, 0.47) (0.51, 1.60)
Child at birth iPTH −0.06 0.94 −0.06 0.94 −0.06 0.94 −0.05 0.95 −0.06 0.94
(−0.14, 0.00) (0.87, 1.00) (−0.11, −0.01) (0.90, 0.99) (−0.11, −0.01) (0.90, 0.99) (−0.11, 0.00) (0.90, 1.00) (−0.11, −0.01) (0.90, 0.99)
Child at birth 1,25/10 0.33 1.39 0.32 1.38 0.26 1.30 0.26 1.30 0.25 1.28
(−0.02, 0.70) (0.98, 2.01) (−0.01, 0.67) (0.99, 1.95) (0.05, 0.45) (1.05, 1.57) (0.05, 0.44) (1.05, 1.55) (0.03, 0.44) (1.03, 1.55)
Suff/opt* Child at birth iPTH 0.00 1.00 - - - - - - - -
(−0.10, 0.10) (0.90, 1.11)
Suff/opt* Child at birth 1,25/10 −0.10 0.90 −0.08 0.92 - - - - - -
(−0.51, 0.28) (0.60, 1.32) (−0.50, 0.28) (0.61, 1.32)
Antacid count −0.11 0.90 −0.11 0.90 −0.11 0.90 −0.11 0.90 - -
(−0.25, 0.03) (0.78, 1.03) (−0.25, 0.02) (0.78, 1.02) (−0.25, 0.02) (0.78, 1.02) (−0.26, 0.01) (0.77, 1.01)
Gestational age/10 −0.03
(−0.13, 0.05)
0.97
(0.88, 1.05)
−0.03
(−0.12, 0.04)
0.97
(0.89, 1.04)
−0.04
(−0.12, 0.04)
0.96
(0.89, 1.04)
- - - -
Maternal age 0.16 1.17 0.16 1.17 0.13 1.14 0.12 1.13 0.13 1.14
(−0.31, 0.65) (0.73, 1.92) (−0.33, 0.68) (0.72, 1.97) (−0.35, 0.65) (0.70, 1.92) (−0.34, 0.63) (0.71, 1.88) (−0.35, 0.16) (0.70, 1.17)
Log(maternal BMI) −0.41 0.66 −0.33 0.72 −0.25 0.78 −0.49 0.61 −0.53 0.59
(−1.74, 0.56) (0.18, 1.75) (−1.47, 0.66) (0.23, 1.93) (−1.35, 0.68) (0.26, 1.97) (−1.30, 0.17) (0.27, 1.19) (−1.35, 0.16) (0.26, 1.17)
Maternal race/ethnicity: Caucasian 0.14 1.15 0.12 1.13 0.17 1.19 0.07 1.07 0.06 1.06
(−0.74, 1.85) (0.48, 6.36) (−0.68, 1.63) (0.51, 5.10) (−0.96, 2.48) (0.38, 11.94) (−0.87, 2.47) (0.42, 11.82) (−0.78, 1.21) (0.46, 3.35)
Maternal race/ethnicity: African American 0.12 1.13 0.08 1.08 0.12 1.13 0.05 1.05 0.03 1.03
(−0.75, 1.75) (0.47, 5.75) (−0.73, 1.53) (0.48, 4.62) (−1.08, 2.41) (0.34, 11.13) (−0.95, 1.18) (0.39, 3.25) (−0.91, 1.23) (0.40, 3.42)
Maternal race/ethnicity: Hispanic 0.10 1.11 0.07 1.07 0.12 1.13 0.00 1.00 0.05 1.05
(−0.88, 1.70) (0.41, 5.47) (−0.74, 1.50) (0.48, 4.48) (−1.05, 2.48) (0.35, 11.94) (−1.04, 1.10) (0.35, 3.00) (−0.81, 1.21) (0.44, 3.35)

DIC 309.5 309.3 309.6 309.3 310.1

The model coefficients (β) from the backwards model selection are displayed along with their 95% credible intervals. Each coefficient and interval is exponentiated to provide the multiplicative effect on the expected counts of EH. A dash (−) indicates that the variable was removed for that stage of selection. The abbreviation maternal suff/opt represents the dummy variable for the sufficient or optimal median 25(OH)D status; iPTH represents the cord blood iPTH concentration (pg/mL), and 1,25/10 represents the child cord blood measurement of 1,25(OH)2D (pg/mL) divided by 10.