Table 3 The relative concentration index of DMFT score by total of sample and province
Cohort site | Relative concentration index | p value | 95% confidence interval | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower limit | Upper limit | |||
Fars (FA) | −0.0590 | < 0.001 | − 0.0623 | − 0.0556 |
Guilan (GI) | − 0.0599 | < 0.001 | − 0.0665 | − 0.0534 |
Kermanshah (KSH) | − 0.0769 | < 0.001 | − 0.0831 | − 0.0707 |
East Azerbaijan (EA) | − 0.0605 | < 0.001 | − 0.0642 | − 0.0567 |
Mazandaran (MA) | − 0.1228 | < 0.001 | − 0.1282 | − 0.1175 |
Sistan and Balouchestan (SB) | − 0.0402 | < 0.001 | − 0.0466 | − 0.0338 |
Yazd (YA) | − 0.0536 | < 0.001 | − 0.0588 | − 0.0484 |
Kerman (KER) | − 0.0748 | < 0.001 | − 0.0799 | − 0.0696 |
Khouzestan (KH) | − 0.0851 | < 0.001 | − 0.0941 | − 0.0760 |
Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari (CB) | −0.0696 | < 0.001 | − 0.0755 | − 0.0636 |
Hormozgan (HO) | − 0.0787 | < 0.001 | − 0.0951 | −0.0623 |
West Azerbaijan (WA) | −0.0749 | < 0.001 | − 0.0849 | − 0.0648 |
Ardabil (AR) | − 0.0730 | < 0.001 | − 0.0785 | −0.0675 |
Razavi Khorasan (RK) | −0.0327 | < 0.001 | − 0.0435 | − 0.0219 |
Total | − 0.0643 | < 0.001 | − 0.0660 | − 0.0627 |