Association between untreated carious lesions and asthma in adults at Rabat University Hospital, Morocco: a cross sectional study

Table 2 Uni and multi-variate analysis of factors associated with the number of untreated carious lesions

	DT (m ± SD)	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
	DT (m ± SD)	PR	95% CI	p	PR	95% CI	p
Age, years		1.002	0.99–1.005	0.36
Female gender	7.5 ± 4.2	1.03	0.91–1.16	0.6
Occupational status
Without	8 ± 3.9	1.86	1.07–3.22	0.02	1.97	1.07–3.60	0.05
Student	6.2 ± 4.3	1			1
Public employment	6.7 ± 5.3	1.6	0.91–2.81	0.09	2.00	1.09–3.66	0.02
Private employment	10.1 ± 6	2.33	1.33–4.08	0.003	2.68	1.43–5	0.002
Education level
No	8.2 ± 4.8	1.22	1.08–1.37	0.002	1.08	0.88–1.32	0.42
Primary	8.8 ± 4.7	1.34	1.15–1.49	<0.001	1.13	0.93–1.36	0.21
Secondary and university	6.7 ± 4.5	1			1
Income
Low	9 ± 4.3	1.42	1.24–1.63	<0.001	1.12	0.86–1.46	0.38
Medium	7.1 ± 4.4	1.12	0.98–1.28	0.08	1.30	1.03–1.65	0.02
High	6.3 ± 4.8	1			1
Nature of previous dental attendance
Acute visit	9.2 ± 4.8	1.28	1.07–1.53	0.005	1.37	1.09–1.72	0.006
Aesthetic concern	7.2 ± 4.1	1			1
Frequency of teeth bruising
Never	7.9 ± 4.6	1.24	1.06–1.45	0.006	1.26	1.08–1.47	0.003
≤2 per day	7.7 ± 4.7	1.17	1.008–1.37	0.03	1.07	0.85–1.85	0.53
>2 per day	6.3 ± 4.3	1			1
Duration of teeth brushing		0.98	0.94–1.01	0.32
Age at beginning teeth brushing		1.01	1.005–1.01	<0.001	1.001	0.99–1.009	0.84
Plaque index		1.28	1.20–1.36	<0.001	1.13	0.92–1.38	0.22
Good	5.6 ± 4.4	1			1
Fair	7.1 ± 4.5	1.2	1.08–1.4	0.002	1.17	0.95–1.6	0.10
Poor	9 ± 4.5	1.5	1.3–1.8	<0.001	1.23	0.96–1.42	0.11
Gingival index
Mild	6.4 ± 4.4	1			1
Moderate	7.4 ± 4.8	1.16	1.19–1.55	<0.001	0.87	0.70–1.09	0.24
Sever	8.7 ± 4.2	1.3	1.02–1.3	0.01	1.04	0.88–1.24	0.59
Asthma
Yes	8.8 ± 4.6	1.42	1.28–1.57	<0.001	1.39	1.23–1.58	<0.001
No	6.2 ± 4.3	1			1

DT, number of decayed untreated teeth; 1, reference category; PR, prevalence ratio; CI, confidence interval; m ± SD, mean ± standard deviation

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