Oral Health Status of Children Living in Gorom-Gorom, Oudalan District, Burkina Faso

Table 3

Community Periodontal Index as count (percent) and odds ratio (OR) for each score according to toothbrushing habit and chewing stick usage.

(a)

CPI	Toothbrushing YES	Tooth-brushing NOT	OR	CI95%	𝑃-value
0	91 (13.1%)	171 (24.7%)	0.5	0.4–0.7	<.05
1	53 (7.7%)	139 (20.1%)	0.4	0.3–0.5
2	103 (14.9%)	135 (19.5%)	0.8	0.6–1.0

(b)

CPI	Chewing stick YES	Chewing-stick NOT	OR	CI95%	𝑃-value
0	66 (9.5%)	196 (28.3%)	0.3	0.3–0.4	<.05
1	44 (6.4%)	148 (21.4%)	0.3	0.2–0.4
2	88 (12.7%)	150 (21.7%)	0.6	0.5–0.8