Table 5.
Relationship between the clinical characteristics of oral health and the CPQ sum score by age group: results of the multivariate NBR analysis adjusting data for gender and family affluence (N = 600).
| Variable and Age Group | RSSM (95% CI) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole CPQ | OS | FL | EWB | SWB | ||
| DMFT: | ||||||
| ≤3 (ref.) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| >3 | 15–16 years | 1.20 | 1.19 | 1.19 | 1.19 | 1.34 |
| (p = 0.133) | (p = 0.176) | (p = 0.207) | (p = 0.194) | (p = 0.047) | ||
| (0.95–1.51) | (0.93–1.52) | (0.91–1.56) | (0.92–1.53) | (1.01–1.79) | ||
| 17–18 years | 1.18 | 1.06 | 1.69 | 1.08 | 1.21 | |
| (p = 0.267) | (p = 0.724) | (p = 0.003) | (p = 0.623) | (p = 0.324) | ||
| (0.88–1.58) | (0.77–1.45) | (1.20–2.39) | (0.79–1.49) | (0.83–1.76) | ||
| ICON: | ||||||
| ≤43 (ref.) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| >43 | 15–16 years | 1.28 | 1.08 | 1.10 | 1.59 | 1.71 |
| (p = 0.042) | (p = 0.557) | (p = 0.488) | (p = 0.001) | (p < 0.001) | ||
| (1.01–1.63) | (0.84–1.40) | (0.84–1.46) | (1.22–2.07) | (1.27–2.30) | ||
| 17–18 years | 1.52 | 1.16 | 1.18 | 2.20 | 1.72 | |
| (p = 0.006) | (p = 0.370) | (p = 0.366) | (p < 0.001) | (p = 0.006) | ||
| (1.13–2.06) | (0.84–1.60) | (0.82–1.71) | (1.60–3.04) | (1.17–2.52) | ||
RSSM—ratio of sum score means; ref.—reference group. Significant values are in bold.