Table 2.

Unadjusted and adjusted ORs and 95% CIs for caries experience according to Childsmile interventions

	Total number of children in cohort	Caries experience		OR	Unadjusted 95% CI	P value	aOR	Model 1 95% CI	P value	aOR	Model 2 95% CI	P value
		n	%
DHSW Contacts
Not targeted	40 647	11 547	28.4	0.48	0.42 to 0.55	<0.001	0.63	0.55 to 0.72	<0.001	0.65	0.57 to 0.74	<0.001
0	979	442	45.1	–	Referent	–	–	Referent	–	–	Referent	–
1	7816	2624	33.6	0.61	0.54 to 0.70	<0.001	0.63	0.54 to 0.72	<0.001	0.69	0.60 to 0.80	<0.001
2 plus	937	419	44.7	0.98	0.82 to 1.18	0.850	0.91	0.76 to 1.10	0.343	0.95	0.79 to 1.15	0.616
Number of nursery FVA
Not targeted	18 798	4306	22.9	0.63	0.59 to 0.67	<0.001	0.80	0.75 to 0.85	<0.001	0.80	0.75 to 0.86	<0.001
0	6968	2233	32.0	–	Referent	–	–	Referent	–	–	Referent	–
1	4770	1676	35.1	1.15	1.06 to 1.24	<0.001	0.98	0.90 to 1.06	0.575	0.98	0.90 to 1.06	0.622
2	4682	1676	35.8	1.18	1.09 to 1.28	<0.001	1.03	0.95 to 1.12	0.468	1.06	0.98 to 1.15	0.144
3	5323	1844	34.6	1.12	1.04 to 1.21	0.002	0.95	0.87 to 1.02	0.156	1.00	0.92 to 1.08	0.969
4	5483	1843	33.6	1.07	1.00 to 1.16	0.064	0.89	0.82 to 0.96	0.003	0.98	0.90 to 1.06	0.534
5 plus	4355	1454	33.4	1.06	0.98 to 1.15	0.139	0.86	0.79 to 0.93	<0.001	0.97	0.89 to 1.06	0.494
Primary care dental services visits
0	14 842	4708	31.7	–	Referent	–	–	Referent	–	–	Referent	–
1	10 653	3699	34.7	1.14	1.09 to 1.21	<0.001	1.12	1.06 to 1.18	<0.001	1.12	1.06 to 1.18	<0.001
2	8265	2620	31.7	1.00	0.94 to 1.06	0.974	0.99	0.94 to 1.05	0.813	1.00	0.94 to 1.06	0.943
3	6179	1676	27.1	0.80	0.75 to 0.86	<0.001	0.82	0.76 to 0.87	<0.001	0.83	0.78 to 0.89	<0.001
4	4529	1080	23.8	0.67	0.62 to 0.73	<0.001	0.71	0.66 to 0.77	<0.001	0.73	0.67 to 0.79	<0.001
5	3063	669	21.8	0.60	0.55 to 0.66	<0.001	0.64	0.58 to 0.71	<0.001	0.66	0.60 to 0.72	<0.001
6 plus	2848	580	20.4	0.55	0.50 to 0.61	<0.001	0.55	0.49 to 0.60	<0.001	0.55	0.50 to 0.61	<0.001
Nursery supervised toothbrushing
0 (no consent)	5511	1572	28.5	–	Referent	–	–	Referent	–	–	Referent	–
Up to 1 year	3565	1269	35.6	1.38	1.27 to 1.52	<0.001	1.01	0.92 to 1.11	0.829	0.91	0.82 to 1.00	0.049
>1 to 2 years	12 579	3990	31.7	1.16	1.09 to 1.25	<0.001	0.94	0.87 to 1.01	0.069	0.85	0.79 to 0.92	<0.001
>2 to 3 years	23 136	6931	30.0	1.07	1.00 to 1.14	0.036	0.86	0.80 to 0.92	<0.001	0.80	0.74 to 0.86	<0.001
>3 years	5588	1270	22.7	0.74	0.68 to 0.80	<0.001	0.64	0.58 to 0.69	<0.001	0.60	0.55 to 0.66	<0.001

Model 1 adjusted for Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation Index (SIMD), sex and age.

Model 2 adjusted for SIMD, sex, age and the three other Childsmile interventions.

aOR, adjusted OR; FVA, fluoride varnish applications.