Personal Oral Infection Control, Low Birthweight, and Preterm Births in Appalachia West Virginia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

Logistic regressions on preterm birth.

	Unadjusted Odds Ratio [95% CI]	P value	Adjusted Odds Ratio 95% [CI]	P value
Daily oral infection control
Less than 13 times per week	1.78	0.034	1.31	0.403
13 or more times per week	reference (1.00)		reference (1.00)

Abbreviation. CI: confidence interval.
Preterm, defined as less than 37 weeks gestation
Adjusted for low birthweight and the additive periodontal screening and reporting score of the sextants.