Table 2

Association between area of residence and caries experience adjusting for demographic variables, health-related behaviours, material resources, social support and social capital† (N=1386)

 Area of residence
Middle class
OR (95% CI)
Resettlement communitySlums
Logit
 Unadjusted10.34 (0.23 to 0.49)*0.30 (0.21 to 0.43)*
 Adjusted for age, sex and religion10.28 (0.19 to 0.41)*0.25 (0.17 to 0.37)*
 Fully adjusted for all covariates‡10.22 (0.12 to 0.39)*0.22 (0.11 to 0.46)*
IRR (95% CI)
Negative binomial
 Unadjusted10.88 (0.73 to 1.05)1.06 (0.89 to 1.26)
 Adjusted for age, sex and religion10.91 (0.76 to 1.09)1.13 (0.94 to 1.35)
 Fully adjusted for all covariates‡11.00 (0.76 to 1.34)1.10 (0.78 to 1.54)
  • *p<0.001.

  • †Association tested using Zero Inflated Negative Binomial Regression Method.

  • ‡Fully adjusted for age, sex, religion, health-related behaviours, material resources, social support and social capital.

  • IRR, Incidence Rate Ratio.