Eating behaviors, oral health care knowledge, and oral hygiene practices among residents in Fujian province, China: a cross-sectional study

Table 6 Multivariate ordered logistic regression of the association of demographic factors, eating behaviors, and oral hygiene practices with self-reported oral health

Variables	OR	SE	Wald χ²	P	95% CI of OR
Age (years)
< 18	ref
18–45	1.21	0.18	1.64	0.200	0.91–1.61
> 45	1.54	0.23	8.01	0.005	1.14–2.07
Gender
Female	ref
Male	0.87	0.04	7.62	0.006	0.79–0.96
Educational attainment
High school or below	ref
College	1.37	0.07	33.87	< 0.001	1.23–1.53
Postgraduate	1.73	0.18	26.63	< 0.001	1.41–2.13
Oral health practice score	0.91	0.01	132.02	< 0.001	0.90–0.93
Frequency of eating citrus fruits	0.99	0.03	0.05	0.821	0.93–1.06
Frequency of drinking fruit juice	0.98	0.04	0.28	0.599	0.90–1.06
Frequency of drinking tea	0.95	0.02	4.28	0.038	0.91–1.00
Frequency of alcohol use	0.96	0.03	1.56	0.210	0.90–1.02
Frequency of eating hard foods	1.10	0.04	5.76	0.016	1.02–1.19
Frequency of eating super-hard foods	0.96	0.05	0.62	0.428	0.87–1.06
Frequency of using teeth to bite crab shells or open beer caps	1.03	0.04	0.64	0.421	0.96–1.10

Abbreviations: OR Odds ratio, SE Standard error, 95% CI 95% Confidence interval

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