Table 1 Characteristics of study participant’s socio-demographics, oral health related behaviors, CAST clinical categories, CAST prevalence and their distribution according to C-OIDP status (n = 1794)
Socio-demographics | Frequency % (n) | C-OIDP | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C-OIDP = 0 | C-OIDP > 0 | ||||
Participants sex | male | 46.0 (825) | 70.7 (583) | 29.3 (242) | 0.076 |
female | 54.0 (969) | 66.8 (647) | 33.2 (322) | ||
Participants age | 11–14 | 56.0 (1004) | 71.6 (719) | 28.4 (285) | 0.002 |
15–19 | 44.0 (790) | 64.7 (511) | 35.3 (279) | ||
Parental education | low (up to primary) | 48.9 (876) | 67.5 (591) | 32.5 (285) | 0.329 |
Middle to high (secondary+) | 51.1(918) | 69.6 (639) | 30.4 (279) | ||
Parental SES | low to middle | 43.8 (785) | 66.2 (520) | 33.8 (265) | 0.062 |
High | 56.2 (1009) | 70.4 (710) | 26.6 (299) | ||
Oral health related behaviors | |||||
Sugary foods consumption per day | less than 5 times | 81.8 (1468) | 70.9 (1041) | 29.1 (427) | < 0.001 |
5 times or more | 18.2 (326) | 58.0 (189) | 42.0 (137) | ||
Tooth brushing using fluoridated toothpaste per day | 2 times or more | 45.5 (816) | 70.7 (577) | 29.3 (239) | 0.073 |
less than 2 times | 54.5 (978) | 66.8 (653) | 33.2 (325) | ||
Dental visit in the past 1 year | Attended | 26.4 (474) | 63.3 (300) | 36.7 (171) | 0.004 |
did not attend | 73.6 (1320) | 70.5 (930) | 29.5 (390) | ||
Dental caries | |||||
CAST -clinical severity score | healthy (CAST 0–2) | 51.1 (917) | 80.0 (734) | 20.0 (183) | < 0.001 |
pre-morbidity (CAST 3) | 24.6 (442) | 69.0 (305) | 31.0 (137) | ||
morbidity (CAST 4–5) | 15.2 (272) | 50.7 (138) | 49.3 (134) | ||
severe morbidity (CAST 6–7) | 6.4 (114) | 31.6 (36) | 68.4 (78) | ||
mortality (CAST 8) | 2.7 (49) | 34.7 (17) | 65.3 (32) | ||
CAST- caries prevalence | caries free (CAST 0–2 and 8) | 53.8 (966) | 77.7 (751) | 22.3 (215) | < 0.001 |
with caries (CAST3-7) | 46.2 (828) | 57.9 (479) | 42.1 (349) | ||