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Table 2 Risk factors associated with referrals using logistic regression

From: Challenges in global improvement of oral cancer outcomes: findings from rural Northern India

Personal Habit Variables:

 

Odds Ratio (OR)

Confidence Interval (CI)

p value

Smoking bidi

   

Smokers

3.063

1.606- 5.84

0.001*

Non Smokers (reference group)

1

  

Smoking hookah

   

Smokers

4.42

2.32-8.41

0.000*

Non Smokers (reference group)

1

  

Chewing tobacco

   

Chewers

1.97

0.97- 3.98

0.059

Non Chewers (reference group)

1

-

-

  1. *p < .05- significant
  2. Odds ratios and 95% CIs for predictors of suspicious lesions among referrals after adjusting for gender, age, education level and religion.
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Tobacco Induced Diseases

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