Random forest algorithm to identify factors associated with sports-related dental injuries in 6 to 13-year-old athlete children in Hamadan, Iran-2018 -a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Logistic regression analyses of factors associated with a sport-related dental injury

Variable	Unadjusted odds ratio	95% CI	P-value	Adjusted odds ratio	95% CI	P-value
Age (year)	1.21	1.02–1.41	0.024	1.27	1.04–1.55	0.021
Sex			0.009			0.037
Girl	Reference			Reference
Boy	2.29	1.23–4.29		2.31	1.05–5.04
Father’s education			0.061			0.272
PhD	Reference			Reference
Bachelor	2.96	0.85–10.67	0.090	2.84	0.45–18.14	0.312
Diploma	1.61	0.46–5.66	0.458	2.11	0.49–8.95	0.845
Mother’s education			0.053			0.104
PhD	Reference			Reference
Bachelor	3.29	0.73–14.91	0.121	3.16	0.55–8.42	0.200
Diploma	1.73	0.39–7.79	0.473	2.84	0.45–18.14	0.270
Illiterate	5.21	0.88–30.83	0.069	12.19	1.32–82.33	0.027
Child’s Birth Order			0.426			0.430
3	Reference			Reference
2	2.57	0.58–11.42	0.321	2.67	0.51–13.88	0.242
1	2.15	0.47–9.82	0.212	2.90	0.58–14.47	0.194
Sport			0.039			0.285
Non-Contact	Reference			Reference
Limited-Contact	3.49	0.73–16.59	0.116	4.05	0.71–23.09	0.116
Semi-Contact	1.05	0.18–6.04	0.957	1.57	0.23–10.65	0.642
Full-Contact	3.76	0.89–16.88	0.072	3.21	0.63–16.28	0.159
Experience [years]			0.530			0.830
> 5	Reference			Reference
1–5	0.74	0.28–1.89		0.719	0.26–2.55
Training days per week			0.970			0.559
> 3	Reference			Reference
< 3	0.59	0.33–1.09		0.795	0.37–1.72
Training hour per day			0.264			0.757
> =5	Reference			Reference
3–5	0.96	0.31–2.95	0.942	1.43	0.37–5.48	0.598
< 3	1.58	0.49–5.01	0.457	1.64	0.44–6.16	0.465
Mouth guard Awareness			< 0.001			< 0.001
Yes	Reference			Reference
No	3.75	1.96–7.17		5.44	2.51–11.8
Mouth guard Use			0.041			< 0.001
Yes	Reference			Reference
No	2.52	1.04–6.13		8.93	3.22–21.6

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