Table 8.
Correlation between DMFT index and different risk factors (Total number 264).
| Parameter and categories | Number (%) | M-W test | Correlation | Logistic regression | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMFT = 0 173 (65.53%) |
DMFT = 1–3 54 (20.45%) |
DMFT > 4 37 (14.01%) | p-value | rho | p-value | p-value | OR | 95% CI for OR | |||
| Lower | Upper | ||||||||||
| Age (years) | AI 67 (25.4%) | 63 (94.03%) | 4 (5.97%) | 0 | <0.05* | 0.460 | <0.05* | ||||
| AII 97 (36.7%) | 70 (72.16%) | 17 (17.53%) | 10 (10.31%) | ||||||||
| AIII 100 (37.9%) | 40 (40%) | 33 (33%) | 27 (27%) | ||||||||
| Gender | Boys 124 (47%) | 85 (68.55%) | 24 (19.35%) | 15 (12.10%) | 0.012* | 0.063 | 0.307 | ||||
| Girls 140 (53%) | 88 (62.86%) | 30 (21.43%) | 22 (15.71%) | ||||||||
| BMI | Normal (≥5– <85) 88 (33.3%) | 62 (70.45%) | 16 (18.18%) | 10 (11.36%) | <0.05* | 0.075 | 0.225 | ||||
| Overweight (≥85– <95) and | 111 (63.07%) | 38 (21.59%) | 27 (15.34%) | ||||||||
| Obese (≥ 95) 176 (66.7%) | |||||||||||
| Lifestyle habits | |||||||||||
| Lifestyle habits | Unhealthy habits 108 (40.9%) | 73 (67.6%) | 15 (13.9%) | 20 (18.5%) | <0.05* | −0.009 | 0.883 | ||||
| Moderate 140 (53%) | 88 (62.8%) | 37 (26.4%) | 15 (10.7%) | ||||||||
| Healthy habits 16 (6.1%) | 12 (75%) | 2 (12.5%) | 2 (12.5%) | ||||||||
*
Statistically significant.