Prevalence and Risk Factors for Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders in Indian Population

Table 5

Logistic regression analysis with presence of oral potentially malignant disorders as dependent factor.

Factor	Categories	Adjusted Odds ratio	95% Confidence Interval	value
Gender	Male	2.09	1.45–3.00	<0.0001
	Female	Ref
Tobacco consumption	Ever consumers	2.06	1.07–3.95	0.030
	Never consumers	Ref
Areca nut chewing	Ever consumers	2.64	1.36–5.13	0.004
	Never consumers	Ref
Dental visit	Yes	1.03	0.46–2.32	0.939
	No	Ref
Prosthesis use	Yes	1.16	0.52–2.61	0.720
	No	Ref
Diabetes	Yes	2.21	1.18–4.16	0.014
	No	Ref
Body mass Index	Underweight	2.23	1.25–3.99	0.007
	Normal	1.64	1.08–2.49
	Overweight	Ref

value < 0.05: statistical significant difference.