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

Table 4

The independent predictors according to the unconditional multivariate logistic regression.

Characteristic	OR (95% confidence interval)	value
Resident area
Urban vs. rural	0.656 (0.475-0.906)
Number of cigarettes per day	0.652 (0.443-0.957)
Use of a removable upper jaw dental prosthesis
Yes vs. no	5.655 (3.242-9.864)
Use of a removable lower jaw dental prosthesis
Yes vs. no	5.808 (3.025-11.152)
Having toothache in previous years
Yes vs. no	1.628 (1.174-2.256)
Drinking carbonated beverages frequently
Yes vs. no	0.270 (0.113-0.644)
Drinking alcohol
Yes vs. no	0.523 (0.359-0.760)

Abbreviation: OR for odds ratio.