Table 3.
Conditional fixed-effects regression.
| Categories | Italian areas | Caries-free OR (95% CI) |
Enamel lesions OR (95% CI) |
Pre-Cavitated lesions OR (95% CI |
Cavitated lesions OR (95% CI) |
Filled teeth OR (95% CI |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDP per capita | Low | South, Insular | 1.07 (0.98–1.25) | 1.28 (0.78–2.12) | 2.01 (0.98–3.14) | 1.48 (1.06–2.74) | 0.42 (0.56–1.72) |
| High | North-West, Central, North-East | 0.75 (0.67–0.84) | 0.75 (0.72–1.53) | 0.86 (0.67–0.96) | 0.54 (0.33–1.46) | 1.04 (0.99–1.24) | |
| GINI index | Equity | North-East | 0.69 (0.62–0.79) | 0.99 (0.81–1.09) | 0.98 (0.86–1.24) | 0.50 (0.46–0.84) | 1.18 (0.92–1.83) |
| Acceptable | North-West, Central, South, Insular | 0.98 (0.92–1.76) | 1.06 (0.92–1.36) | 1.04 (0.78–1.33) | 1.07 (0.84–1.20) | 1.07 (0.94–1.34) | |
| Unemployment rate | Low | North-West, North-East | 0.81 (0.66–1.04) | 0.89 (0.74–1.02) | 0.78 (0.52–1.01) | 0.81 (0.63–0.95) | 0.88 (0.64–1.10) |
| High | Central, South, Insular | 1.28 (1.04–1.57) | 1.41 (0.94–2.26) | 1.24 (1.04–1.73) | 1.92 (1.12–2.83) | 1.18 (1.00–1.43) |
Odds ratio (OR) and 95% CIs for the association between macro-economic indicators, caries levels and filled teeth.