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Table 2 Association of independent variables and teeth brushing in logistic regression analysis

From: Socioeconomic inequality in oral health behavior in Iranian children and adolescents by the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition method: the CASPIAN- IV study

Variables

Crude OR (95 % CI)

P-value

Adjusted OR (95 % CI)

P-value

SES (Q1)

 Q2

1.28 (1.14, 1.43)

<0.001

1.19 (1.05,1.35)

< 0.001

 Q3

1.40 (1.25,1.57)

< 0.001

1.30 (1.14,1.48)

< 0.001

 Q4

1.71 (1.52,1.92)

<0.001

1.53 (1.32,1.78)

<0.001

 Q5

2.71 (2.39, 3.07)

< 0.001

2.45 (2.08,2.90)

< 0.001

Birth order (first)

 Second

0.90 (0.82,0.98)

0.03

0.97 (0.88,1.08)

0.69

 Third

0.74 (0.66,0.82)

<0.001

0.89 (0.78,1.01)

0.09

 Fourth and more

0.76 (0.68,0.84)

< 0.001

1.01(0.89,1.15)

0.80

Sex (Boy)

 Girl

2.31(2.15, 2.49)

<0.001

2.40 (2.15,2.68)

<0.001

Region (urban)

 Rural

0.67 (0.61,0.72)

<0.001

0.85 (0.74,0.97)

0.02

Family size (<4)

  >4

0.78 (0.73,0.84)

<0.001

0.90 (0.82,0.98)

0.04

Sweetened beverages (non-daily)

 daily

0.70 (0.62, 0.80)

<0.001

0.82(0.70,0.95)

0.01

Living with parent (none of them)

 One of them

1.30 (0.91,1.86)

0.14

1.50 (0.93,2.42)

0.09

 Both of them

1.43 (1.05,1.97)

0.02

1.36 (0.92,2.02)

0.11

Smoking status (no smoker)

 Only passive smoker

0.74 (0.68,0.80)

< 0.001

0.76 (0.70,0.83)

< 0.001

 Only active smoker

0.39 (0.25, 0.61)

< 0.001

0.45 (0.27, 0.73)

0.001

 Passive and active smoker

0.53 (0.41,0.70)

<0.001

0.60(0.45,0.79)

<0.001

 Age (year)

1.04 (1.02, 1.05)

<0.001

1.03 (1.02,1.05)a

<0.001

  1. aStatistically significant
  2. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, Q quantile, FH family history