Self-Reported Halitosis in relation to Oral Hygiene Practices, Oral Health Status, General Health Problems, and Multifactorial Characteristics among Workers in Ilala and Temeke Municipals, Tanzania

Table 6

Binary logistic regression analyses of the multifactorial characteristics related to self-reported halitosis among the study participants.

Multifactorial characteristics		S.E.	Odd’s ratio	95%	value
				Confidence
				interval
Psychological factors
Met someone with bad mouth breath	1.43	0.46	4.19	1.61–9.69	0.003
Hating the type of work one is doing	0.84	0.44	2.31	1.02–5.21	0.044
Sociodemographic factors
Married	−0.61	0.28	0.54	0.31–0.94	0.031
Low level of education	−0.57	0.28	0.56	0.33–0.97	0.040
Oral health status
Have dental problem	−0.95	0.27	0.39	0.23–0.65	0.000
Have dental deposits on the teeth	−1.13	0.29	0.32	0.18–0.57	0.000
Gum bleeding on tooth brushing	−1.59	0.35	0.21	0.10–0.41	0.000
Have loose tooth in the mouth	−0.69	0.41	0.50	0.22–1.11	0.090
Oral hygiene practices
Not brushing teeth before bed	−1.03	0.27	0.36	0.21–0.60	0.000
Not cleaning the tongue	−0.67	0.28	0.51	0.30–0.88	0.016
Not using toothpaste type TP-E	−0.76	0.34	0.47	0.24–0.91	0.025
Not using toothpaste type TP-H	0.53	0.31	1.70	0.93–3.12	0.058
Not brushing after breakfast	1.00	0.58	2.72	0.87–8.50	0.085

: regression coefficient and SE: standard error.