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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Dec 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Dent Child (Chic). 2010 Jan-Apr;77(1):4–11.

Table 2.

Results of mixed model analysis*

OH1 PRC total PRC factor 1: Social
Estimate(SE) P-value Estimate(SE) P-value Estimate(SE) P-value
Fixed effects
Intercept 4.54(0.09) <.001 2.41(1.05) .02 0.25(0.24) .30
ECC group −1.04(0.15) <.001 3.40(1.75) .05 0.34(0.39) .38
Exam (timepoint): 1 −0.01 (0.09) .93 −0.43(0.96) .66 0.15(0.20) .46
Exam (timepoint): 2 −0.15(0.09) .09 −0.22(1.00) .83 0.20(0.21) .34
Site: Columbus −0.20(0.07) <.01 −1.64(0.97) .08 −0.48(0.22) .03
ECC × Time 1 −1.65(0.15) <.001 9.17(1.76) <.001 0.79(0.37) .40
ECC × Time 2 0.09(0.16) .60 1.94(1.84) .29 0.07(0.39) .87
Random effects
ID (group) 0.20(0.04) <.001 49.54(6.38) <.001 3.42(0.31) <.001
Residual 0.52(0.04) <.001 63.55(4.42) <.001 2.72(0.17) <.001
Subjects (n) 501 501 501
Observations (n) 936 936 931
Akaike information criterion 2324.0 6960.6 4157.3
Estimated means
Group time Mean(SD) Mean (SD) Mean(SD)
ECC 1 1.66(0.07) 13.16(0.59) 1.12(0.17)
2 3.26(0.08) 6.16(0.60) 0.45(0.18)
3 3.32(0.07) 4.42(0.59) 0.18(0.17)
Caries-free 1 4.42(0.10) 1.09(0.82) 0.14(0.24)
2 4.28(0.10) 1.38(0.82) 0.21(0.24)
3 4.44(0.10) 1.64(0.82) 0.02(0.24)
PRC factor 2: Physical PRC factor 3: Mental PRC factor 4: Emotional
Estimate(SE) P-value Estimate(SE) P-value Estimate(SE) P-value
Fixed effects
Intercept 1.14(0.56) .04 0.61(0.25) .02 0.20(0.15) .18
ECC group 1.16(0.97) .23 0.60(0.41) .15 0.73(0.26) .01
Exam (timepoint): 1 −0.50(0.58) .39 −0.25 (0.22) .26 0.17(0.15) .28
Exam (timepoint): 2 −0.38(0.61) .54 −0.19(0.22) .39 0.15(0.16) .36
Site: Columbus −0.57(0.42) .18 −0.21 (0.24) .37 −0.26(0.11) .02
ECC × Time 1 6.31(1.05) <.001 1.47(0.40) <.001 −0.36(0.28) .19
ECC × Time 2 1.49(1.13) .19 0.50(0.41) .22 −0.21 (0.30) .47
Random effects
ID (group) 4.24(1.72) .01 3.74(0.40) <.001 0.35(0.11) <.001
Residual 25.28(1.85) <.001 3.11(0.22) <.001 1.71(0.12) <.001
Subjects (n) 501 501 501
Observations (n) 933 929 909
Akaike information criterion 5789.3 4257.9 3236.4
Estimated means
Group time Mean(SD) Mean(SD) Mean(SD)
ECC 1 7.62(0.20) 2.25(0.08) 0.51(0.09)
2 2.92(0.21) 1.35(0.08) 0.64(0.10)
3 1.82(0.21) 1.03(0.08) 0.71(0.09)
Caries-free 1 0.32(0.28) 0.25(0.11) 0.22(0.13)
2 0.48(0.29) 0.32(0.11) 0.22(0.13)
3 0.87(0.29) 0.52(0.11) 0.08(0.13)
*

OH1=child’s perceived overall oral health as reported by parent (1=poor, 2=fair, 3=good, 4=very good, 5=excellent); PRC=parent’s report on child; ECC × Time 1 and ECC × Time 2=group (ECC vs caries-free) by time (0, 1, 2) interaction.