Open AccessComparison of linear and zero-inflated negative binomial regression models for appraisal of risk factors associated with dental caries
Author(s) -
Manu Batra,
Aasim Farooq Shah,
Prashant Rajput,
Ishrat Aasim Shah
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of the indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry/journal of indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3905
pISSN - 0970-4388
DOI - 10.4103/0970-4388.175521
Subject(s) - medicine , negative binomial distribution , dentistry , regression analysis , oral hygiene , statistics , cross sectional study , demography , mathematics , sociology , poisson distribution , pathology
Dental caries among children has been described as a pandemic disease with a multifactorial nature. Various sociodemographic factors and oral hygiene practices are commonly tested for their influence on dental caries. In recent years, a recent statistical model that allows for covariate adjustment has been developed and is commonly referred zero-inflated negative binomial (ZINB) models.