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Influence of Maternal Prenatal Vitamin D Status on Infant Oral Health

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not drinking milk <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ten (p=.009), and not c<strong>on</strong>suming margarine <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ten (p=.017) (data not<br />

shown).<br />

Table 5.9 – Logistic regressi<strong>on</strong> for enamel hypoplasia* – <str<strong>on</strong>g>Prenatal</str<strong>on</strong>g> care and diet<br />

Variable Regressi<strong>on</strong> Standard Standard Adjusted ± 95% P value<br />

Coefficient<br />

(b)<br />

Error b Deviati<strong>on</strong><br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

Variable<br />

in<br />

Sample<br />

Odds<br />

Ratio<br />

C<strong>on</strong>fidence<br />

Interval<br />

Calcium -6.35 2.70 0.10 0.53 0.31, 0.90 .019<br />

Gestati<strong>on</strong>al<br />

diabetes<br />

(reference: no)<br />

Drink milk<br />

(reference: < <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ten)<br />

Doctor<br />

recommended<br />

vitamins<br />

(reference: no)<br />

Eat margarine<br />

(reference: < <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ten)<br />

Received<br />

<strong>Health</strong>y Baby<br />

benefit<br />

(reference: no)<br />

0.004 0.73 1.00 0.24, 4.21 1.00<br />

-1.04 0.55 0.35 0.12, 1.05 .061<br />

-0.48 0.72 0.62 0.15, 2.52 .50<br />

-1.18 0.52 0.31 0.11, 0.84 .022<br />

0.41 0.64 1.50 0.43, 5.22 .52<br />

Milk upsets 0.74 0.56 2.10 0.70, 6.29 .19<br />

stomach<br />

(reference: no)<br />

25(OH)D -0.0051 0.010 24.44 0.88 0.53, 1.45 0.62<br />

*Enamel Hypoplasia reference = yes R 2 = 17.6%<br />

Table 5.10 reports findings from the regressi<strong>on</strong> model c<strong>on</strong>structed to determine<br />

the associati<strong>on</strong> between enamel hypoplasia and household employment status and<br />

ethnicity <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the participants (Table 5.10). Household employment status was included in<br />

the model as this relati<strong>on</strong>ship was significant at the bivariate level. No other independent<br />

ec<strong>on</strong>omic variables like annual income were included in this model as they were not<br />

5-9

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