Table 4.

Comparing knowledge with gravida status, SES, Previous dental visit, Willingness for dental treatment during pregnancy

		knowledge		p	Adjusted Odds Ratio
		poor knowledge	good knowledge
Socio Economic status	Upper Middle class (n=58)	36 (62.1%)	22 (37.9%)	0.025*	2.8*
	Lower Middle class (n=90)	67 (74.4%)	23 (25.6%)		1.4
	Lower class (n=252)	199 (79%)	53 (21%)		1
Parity	Nulliparous (n=229)	186 (81.2%)	43 (18.8%)	0.002*	0.46*
	Primi/multiparous (n=171)	116 (67.8%)	55 (32.2%)		1
Previous dental visit	Less than 6 months (n=53)	35 (66%)	18 (34%)	0.001*	4.1*
	More than 6 months (n=228)	161 (70.6%)	67 (29.4%)		3.6*
	Never (n=119)	106 (89%)	13 (10.9%)		1
Willingness for dental treatment	Yes (n=182)	133 (73.1%)	49 (26.9%)	0.015*	2.1*
during pregnancy	No (n=122)	86 (70.5%)	36 (29.5%)		2.4*
	Not sure (n=96)	83 (86.5%)	13 (13.5%)		1
TOTAL		302 (75.5%)	98 (24.5%)