Table 1.

Logistic regression results

Dental caries	Parameter	β-value	P-value	Standard error	Exp(β)	95% CI
						Lower	Upper
Present	(Intersection)	−2.119	0.002	−0.822	0.120	−3.742	−0.495
	Gender	−1.020	0.053	0.584	0.361	−2.174	0.135
	Age	0.681	0.048	0.737	1.976	−0.775	2.137
	Stimulated saliva flow (≥ 1 ml/min)	0.659	0.051	0.478	1.933	−0.286	1.605
	Academic stress	1.518	0.014	0.929	4.564	−0.317	3.353
	Oxidation reduction capacity of saliva	−0.633	0.360	0.690	0.591	−1.997	0.731

SE, standard error; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval.