Table 2 Distribution of caries severity according to behavioral and environmental factors
|  | Caries severity (ICDAS score)* | Ordered logistic regression (n = 2395) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | No caries | Low (1–3) | Moderate (4) | High (5, 6) | Total | Log likelihood | p | OR (SE) | 95% CI |
Feeding practice (first 6 months) | -1956.14 | <0.01 | 6.75 (0.40) | 6.00–7.58 | |||||
Exclusive breastfeeding | 240 (40.82) | 348 (59.18) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 588 (24.55) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Moderate–high mixed feeding | 172 (23.40) | 563 (76.60) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 735 (30.69) |  |  |  |  |
Low mixed feeding | 42 (7.86) | 180 (33.71) | 311 (58.24) | 1 (0.19) | 534 (22.30) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Exclusively artificial formula | 5 (0.93) | 73 (13.57) | 348 (64.68) | 112 (20.82) | 538 (22.46) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Sweet dietary habit | -2767.84 | 0.04 | 1.18 (0.10) | 0.99–1.40 | |||||
≤1/day | 366 (21.11) | 814 (46.94) | 486 (28.03) | 68 (3.92) | 1734 (72.40) |  |  |  |  |
≥2/day | 93 (14.97) | 360 (54.66) | 173 (26.17) | 35 (5.30) | 661 (27.60) |  |  |  |  |
Smoking habit | -1873.25 | <0.01 | 7.14 (0.37) | 6.07–8.28 | |||||
No smoking | 397 (20.74) | 948 (49.53) | 490 (25.60) | 79 (4.13) | 1914 (79.92) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
During pregnancy | 25 (15.53) | 53 (32.92) | 62 (38.51) | 21 (13.04) | 161 (6.72) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Environmental exposure | 37 (11.56) | 163 (50.94) | 107 (33.44) | 13 (4.06) | 320 (13.36) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Mean housing cost (SES) | -2414.70 | <0.01 | 0.21 (0.21) | 0.18–0.24 | |||||
Low | 23 (3.27) | 241 (34.23) | 359 (50.99) | 81 (50.99) | 704 (29.39) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Moderate | 130 (12.06) | 717 (66.51) | 209 (19.39) | 22 (2.04) | 1078 (45.02) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
High | 306 (49.92) | 216 (35.24) | 91 (14.84) | 0 (0) | 613 (25.59) | Â | Â | Â | Â |