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Table 5 Multilevel mixed-effect poisson regression analysis for the three outcomes

From: Social determinants of dental treatment needs in Brazilian adults

 

Treatment needs

 

Restorative

Extraction

Prosthesis

 

Model 1 (n = 9,061)

Model 2 (n = 8,977)

Model 1 (n = 9,061)

Model 2 (n = 8,977)

Model 1 (n = 9,061)

Model 2 (n = 8,977)

City Level

PR (95% CI)

p-value

PR (95% CI)

p-value

PR (95% CI)

p-value

PR (95% CI)

p-value

PR (95% CI)

p-value

PR (95% CI)

p-value

HDI 0.74 a 0.78

  

1.15 (1.03;1.29)

0.011

  

0.97 (0.78;1.19)

0.809

  

1.13 (1.04;1.22)

0.002

HDI up to 0.74 (Worst)

  

1.14 (1.02;1.26)

0.015

  

1.23 (0.99;1.52)

0.060

  

1.13 (1.05;1.21)

0.003

Neighbourhood Level

            

SEI 2nd Tertile

  

1.07 (0.99;1.16)

0.059

  

1.04 (0.89;1.21)

0.614

  

-

-

SEI 1st Tertile (Worst)

  

1.09 (1.01;1.17)

0.031

  

1.17 (1.01;1.36)

0.041

  

-

-

Individual Level

            

Household Income up to 3 MW

1.29 (1.21;1.38)

<0.001

1.26 (1.18;1.35)

<0.001

1.85 (1.61;2.12)

<0.001

1.78 (1.54;2.05)

<0.001

1.24 (1.18;1.32)

<0.001

1.24 (1.17;1.31)

<0.001

Up to 9 years of schooling

1.18 (1.11;1.25)

<0.001

1.17 (1.10;1.24)

<0.001

1.63 (1.46;1.82)

<0.001

1.63 (1.45;1.82)

<0.001

1.16 (1.10;1.22)

<0.001

1.16 (1.10;1.22)

<0.001

Female

0.93 (0.88;0.99)

0.017

0.93 (0.88;0.99)

0.021

0.88 (0.79;0.97)

0.016

0.87 (0.78;0.97)

0.010

1.02 (0.97;1.07)

0.512

1.02 (0.97;1.07)

0.464

Black or Mixed

1.13 (1.07;1.20)

<0.001

1.12 (1.05;1.19)

<0.001

1.28 (1.14;1.43)

<0.001

1.27 (1.13;1.43)

<0.001

1.15 (1.09;1.21)

<0.001

1.14 (1.09;1.21)

<0.001

Fixed Effects

            

Intercept (95% CI)

−0.56 (−0.61;-0.51)

−0.98 (−1.09;-0.88)

−2.69 (−2.85;-2.52)

−2.76 (−2.98;-2.54)

−0.63 (−0.70;-0.56)

−0.71 (−0.79;-0.63)

Random Effects

Variance (SE)

Variance (SE)

Variance (SE)

Variance (SE)

Variance (SE)

Variance (SE)

City level

0.019 (0.006)

0.011 (0.005)

0.049 (0.020)

0.042 (0.019)

0.007 (0.003)

0.004 (0.002)

Neighbourhood Level

0.000 (0.000)

0.000 (0.000)

0.035 (0.027)

0.033 (0.027)

-

-

LR Test (Chi2; p-value)

23.38; <0.001

20.12; <0.001

29.05; <0.001

23.24; <0.001

14.92; 0.001

5.34; 0.010

  1. PR = Prevalence Ratio; CI = Confidence Interval; HDI = Human Development Index; SEI = Socioeconomic Index; MW = Minimum Wage; LR = Likelihood Ratio. The significant values are in bold.
  2. Model 1 for the individual variables only, model 2 for individual + city (prosthesis) or for the three levels (restorative and extraction).