Table 5.

CAST clinical categories parameter estimates at multinomial regression level (reference category – healthy)

CAST clinical categories	Variables	p value	OR (95% CI)
Pre-morbidity	Sex (Male)	< 0.001	0.55 (0.44, 0.70)
	Age years (11–14)	0.032	0.77 (0.61, 0.98)
	Socio-economic status (High)	0.267	1.15 (0.90,1.47)
	Frequency of sugar drinks intake (5 time per day)	0.659	1.10 (0.73, 1.65)
	Frequency of sugar foods intake (5 time per day)	0.208	0.76 (0.49, 1.17)
	Frequency of dental visits (did not attended)	0.007	1.45 (1.11, 1.91)
Morbidity	Sex (Male)	0.062	0.77 (0.59, 1.01)
	Age years (11–14)	0.830	1.03 (0.78, 1.37)
	Socio-economic status (High) (High)	0.011	0.69 (0.52, 0.92)
	Frequency of sugar drinks intake (5 time per day)	0.031	1.60 (1.04, 2.46)
	Frequency of sugar foods intake (5 time per day)	0.053	1.52 (1.01, 2.34)
	Frequency of dental visits (did not attend)	0.009	1.57 (1.12, 2.18)
Severe morbidity	Sex (Male)	0.268	0.80 (0.54, 1.19)
	Age years (11–14)	0.136	0.74 (0.49, 1.10)
	Socio-economic status (High)	0.859	0.96 (0.64, 1.46)
	Frequency of sugar drinks intake (5 time per day)	0.164	1.52 (0.84, 2.73)
	Frequency of sugar foods intake (5 time per day)	0.026	1.90 (1.08, 3.35)
	Frequency of dental visits (did not attend)	0.726	1.09 (0.70, 1.68)
Mortality	Sex (Male)	0.038	0.53 (0.29, 0.96)
	Age years (11–14)	0.064	0.57 (0.31, 1.03)
	Socio-economic status (High)	0.043	2.01 (1.02, 3.97)
	Frequency of sugar drinks intake (5 time per day)	0.111	1.90 (0.86, 4.16)
	Frequency of sugar foods intake (5 time per day)	0.070	2.07 (0.94, 4.53)
	Frequency of dental visits (did not attend)	0.003	0.42 (0.23, 0.75)