Influence of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of added sugars consumption on periodontal status in low-income women

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 4 Associations between dental nutrition knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors and periodontal disease in low-income women (n 222), Central Texas, June–December 2018^†

Periodontal disease severity^‡
Variable^§	Stage 2		Stage 3
	OR^\|\| (95% CI)	P value*	OR (95% CI)	P value*
Knowledge	0.21 (0.008 0.582)	0.002	0.32 (0.009–0.916)	0.021
Attitude	0.191(0.066–0.559)	0.003	0.178 (0.051–0.620)	0.007
Behavior	0.501 (0.172–1.461)	0.046	0.215 (0.062–0.744)	0.015

^†Multivariate logistic regression
^‡ The reference category is stage 1. Stage 4 was excluded as it contained only one individual
^§Categorical variables were dummy-coded in order to reduce collinearity
^||Odds ratio
*Significant at p value < 0.05