Dental Caries Prediction Based on a Survey of the Oral Health Epidemiology among the Geriatric Residents of Liaoning, China

Table 3

The independent predictors according to the multivariate logistic analysis.

Characteristic	OR (95% confidence interval)	value
Resident area
Urban vs. rural	0.676 (0.503–0.908)
Use of a removable upper jaw dental prosthesis
Yes vs. no	4.320 (2.647–7.051)
Use of a removable lower jaw dental prosthesis
Yes vs. no	4.420 (2.477–7.885)
Having toothache in previous years
Yes vs. no	1.550 (1.164–2.063)
Smoking
Yes vs. no	1.469 (1.084–1.992)
Drinking alcohol
Yes vs. no	1.591 (1.130–2.240)
Self-oral hygiene assessment
Good vs. not good	0.606 (0.423-0.868)

Abbreviation: OR for odds ratio.