Tooth Decay in Alcohol Abusers Compared to Alcohol and Drug Abusers

Table 3

Factors associated with decayed teeth and filled teeth (bivariate analyses at 10% level of significance and multivariate logistic regression analysis.

Bivariate analyses (𝑎)	OR	95% CI	𝑃
Decayed teeth (0 versus >0):
White versus other	2.38	1.22–4.64	.01
“Alcohol and drugs” abuse versus “alcohol only”	1.34	0.98–1.82	.07
Units of alcohol per week	1.001	1.000–1.003	.04
Filled teeth (0–8 versus >8):
Male	0.63	0.44–0.91	.013
Higher social class	2.16	1.57–2.98	<.001
Beer drinking versus no beer drinking	0.69	0.49–0.97	.031
Wine drinking versus no wine drinking	2.11	1.34–3.33	<.001
Multivariate analyses(a)
Decayed teeth (0 versus >0):
White versus other	2.26	1.15–4.45	.018
“Alcohol and drugs” abuse versus “alcohol Only”	1.38	1.01–1.89	.049
Filled teeth (0–8 versus >8):
Male	1.30	0.89–1.91	.18
Higher social class	1.98	1.43–2.75	<.001
Beer drinking versus no beer drinking	0.83	0.58–1.19	.31
Wine drinking versus no wine drinking	1.85	1.16–2.96	<.05

(𝑎)Decayed teeth cut-off median of 0 versus >0 and filled teeth cut-off median of 8 versus > 8.