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Table 2 ORs and 95% CIs for dental caries in relation to parental occupation in 6315 Japanese children aged 3 years

From: Parental occupations, educational levels, and income and prevalence of dental caries in 3-year-old Japanese children

 

Prevalence

Crude OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)b

Paternal occupation

 Unemployed

28/121 (23.1%)

1.00

1.00

 Administrative and managerial

102/621 (16.4%)

0.65 (0.41–1.06)

0.80 (0.50–1.32)

 Professional and engineering

179/1418 (12.6%)

0.48 (0.31–0.77)

0.60 (0.38–0.97)

 Clerical

84/659 (12.8%)

0.49 (0.30–0.79)

0.60 (0.37–0.99)

 Sales

150/1159 (12.9%)

0.49 (0.32–0.79)

0.61 (0.38–0.98)

 Service

82/498 (16.5%)

0.66 (0.41–1.08)

0.70 (0.43–1.17)

 Security

37/286 (12.9%)

0.49 (0.29–0.86)

0.55 (0.31–0.96)

 Agriculture, forestry, and fishery

15/86 (17.4%)

0.70 (0.34–1.40)

0.70 (0.34–1.42)

 Manufacturing process

84/614 (13.7%)

0.53 (0.33–0.86)

0.60 (0.37–0.998)

 Transport and machine operation

33/172 (19.2%)

0.79 (0.45–1.40)

0.89 (0.50–1.59)

 Construction and mining

90/437 (20.6%)

0.86 (0.54–1.41)

0.90 (0.56–1.50)

 Carrying, cleaning, packaging, and related

39/231 (16.9%)

0.68 (0.39–1.17)

0.72 (0.41–1.27)

 Not classified by occupation

4/13 (30.8%)

1.48 (0.38–4.91)

1.68 (0.41–5.84)

Maternal occupation

 Unemployed

344/2183 (15.8%)

1.00

1.00

 Administrative and managerial

9/39 (23.1%)

1.60 (0.71–3.27)

1.65 (0.72–2.43)

 Professional and engineering

172/1449 (11.9%)

0.72 (0.59–0.88)

0.69 (0.56–0.84)

 Clerical

189/1347 (14.0%)

0.87 (0.72–1.06)

0.82 (0.68–1.001)

 Sales

86/479 (18.0%)

1.17 (0.90–1.51)

1.08 (0.82–1.40)

 Service

88/620 (14.2%)

0.88 (0.68–1.13)

0.76 (0.58–0.98)

 Manufacturing process

19/103 (18.5%)

1.21 (0.71–1.97)

0.99 (0.57–1.64)

 Othersa

20/95 (21.1%)

1.43 (0.84–2.32)

1.34 (0.78–2.21)

  1. CI Confidence interval
  2. OR Odds ratio
  3. aOthers included security, agriculture, forestry and fishery, transport and machine operation, construction and mining, carrying, cleaning, packaging, and related and not classified by occupation
  4. bAdjustment for sex, age, region of residence, breastfeeding duration, between-meal snack frequency, toothbrushing frequency, use of fluoride, regular dental check-ups, maternal smoking during pregnancy, and living with at least one household smoker