Table 2

Unadjusted and adjusted ORs and 95% CIs for caries experience according to Childsmile interventions

	Total number of children in cohort	Caries experience		OR	Unadjusted 95% CI	P value	aOR	Model 1 95% CI	P value	aOR	Model 2 95% CI	P value
	Total number of children in cohort	n	%	OR	Unadjusted 95% CI	P value	aOR	Model 1 95% CI	P value	aOR	Model 2 95% CI	P value
*DHSW Contacts*
Not targeted	40 647	11 547	28.4	0.48	0.42 to 0.55	<0.001	0.63	0.55 to 0.72	<0.001	0.65	0.57 to 0.74	<0.001
0	979	442	45.1	–	Referent	–	–	Referent	–	–	Referent	–
1	7816	2624	33.6	0.61	0.54 to 0.70	<0.001	0.63	0.54 to 0.72	<0.001	0.69	0.60 to 0.80	<0.001
2 plus	937	419	44.7	0.98	0.82 to 1.18	0.850	0.91	0.76 to 1.10	0.343	0.95	0.79 to 1.15	0.616
*Number of nursery FVA*
Not targeted	18 798	4306	22.9	0.63	0.59 to 0.67	<0.001	0.80	0.75 to 0.85	<0.001	0.80	0.75 to 0.86	<0.001
0	6968	2233	32.0	–	Referent	–	–	Referent	–	–	Referent	–
1	4770	1676	35.1	1.15	1.06 to 1.24	<0.001	0.98	0.90 to 1.06	0.575	0.98	0.90 to 1.06	0.622
2	4682	1676	35.8	1.18	1.09 to 1.28	<0.001	1.03	0.95 to 1.12	0.468	1.06	0.98 to 1.15	0.144
3	5323	1844	34.6	1.12	1.04 to 1.21	0.002	0.95	0.87 to 1.02	0.156	1.00	0.92 to 1.08	0.969
4	5483	1843	33.6	1.07	1.00 to 1.16	0.064	0.89	0.82 to 0.96	0.003	0.98	0.90 to 1.06	0.534
5 plus	4355	1454	33.4	1.06	0.98 to 1.15	0.139	0.86	0.79 to 0.93	<0.001	0.97	0.89 to 1.06	0.494
*Primary care dental services visits*
0	14 842	4708	31.7	–	Referent	–	–	Referent	–	–	Referent	–
1	10 653	3699	34.7	1.14	1.09 to 1.21	<0.001	1.12	1.06 to 1.18	<0.001	1.12	1.06 to 1.18	<0.001
2	8265	2620	31.7	1.00	0.94 to 1.06	0.974	0.99	0.94 to 1.05	0.813	1.00	0.94 to 1.06	0.943
3	6179	1676	27.1	0.80	0.75 to 0.86	<0.001	0.82	0.76 to 0.87	<0.001	0.83	0.78 to 0.89	<0.001
4	4529	1080	23.8	0.67	0.62 to 0.73	<0.001	0.71	0.66 to 0.77	<0.001	0.73	0.67 to 0.79	<0.001
5	3063	669	21.8	0.60	0.55 to 0.66	<0.001	0.64	0.58 to 0.71	<0.001	0.66	0.60 to 0.72	<0.001
6 plus	2848	580	20.4	0.55	0.50 to 0.61	<0.001	0.55	0.49 to 0.60	<0.001	0.55	0.50 to 0.61	<0.001
*Nursery supervised toothbrushing*
0 (no consent)	5511	1572	28.5	–	Referent	–	–	Referent	–	–	Referent	–
Up to 1 year	3565	1269	35.6	1.38	1.27 to 1.52	<0.001	1.01	0.92 to 1.11	0.829	0.91	0.82 to 1.00	0.049
>1 to 2 years	12 579	3990	31.7	1.16	1.09 to 1.25	<0.001	0.94	0.87 to 1.01	0.069	0.85	0.79 to 0.92	<0.001
>2 to 3 years	23 136	6931	30.0	1.07	1.00 to 1.14	0.036	0.86	0.80 to 0.92	<0.001	0.80	0.74 to 0.86	<0.001
>3 years	5588	1270	22.7	0.74	0.68 to 0.80	<0.001	0.64	0.58 to 0.69	<0.001	0.60	0.55 to 0.66	<0.001

Model 1 adjusted for Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation Index (SIMD), sex and age.
Model 2 adjusted for SIMD, sex, age and the three other Childsmile interventions.
aOR, adjusted OR; FVA, fluoride varnish applications.