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Influence of Maternal Prenatal Vitamin D Status on Infant Oral Health

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<strong>on</strong>ly included annual income and overall household employment with both being<br />

significantly associated with ECC (p=.049 and p=.017, respectively) (data not shown).<br />

Table 5.17 – Logistic regressi<strong>on</strong> for ECC* (excluding white spot lesi<strong>on</strong>s) – Finances and<br />

full-time employment<br />

Variable Regressi<strong>on</strong><br />

Coefficient<br />

(b)<br />

Standard<br />

Error b<br />

Adjusted<br />

Odds Ratio<br />

± 95%<br />

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

Interval<br />

P value<br />

Low annual<br />

income<br />

(reference: ><br />

$18,000)<br />

No <strong>on</strong>e with<br />

full-time<br />

employment in<br />

household<br />

(reference: no)<br />

*ECC reference = yes R 2 = 6.7%<br />

-1.90 1.00 0.15 0.021, 1.07 .058<br />

1.31 0.60 3.70 1.13, 12.09 .031<br />

Another model examined the relati<strong>on</strong>ship between ECC and the dental status <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

the infants and their family’s dental history and awareness (not shown). Initially,<br />

variables in this model were whether the infant had enamel hypoplasia, their age at the<br />

time <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the dental examinati<strong>on</strong> (dichotomized), whether the infant had experienced a<br />

dental problem, whether the infant’s teeth were being brushed and cleaned, mother’s<br />

attitude <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> whether ECC is preventable and if the infant’s siblings had been diagnosed<br />

with ECC. However, since enamel hypoplasia is the str<strong>on</strong>gest single predictor <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> ECC,<br />

enamel hypoplasia was removed from the model (Table 5.18). As reported earlier, infants<br />

with enamel hypoplasia were eight times more likely to suffer from ECC. Results from<br />

Table 5.18 indicate that infants who were ≥ 14 m<strong>on</strong>ths old were 5.8 (1/0.17) times more<br />

likely to have ECC (p=.047).<br />

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