ABSTRACT
A cross-sectional comparative study was conducted among 164 male interstate migrant men and 136 men in the general population in Kerala. They were interviewed to collect information on background details, migrant characteristics, dietary patterns, medical histories, oral hygiene habits, adverse oral health habits and various barriers faced in seeking professional oral health care. Full mouth oral examination was carried out to detect oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMDs) and findings recorded as prescribed by the World Health Organization oral health assessment form, 2013. Logical frameworks were used to develop multivariate models for describing determinants of oral premalignant lesions in the study group. Logistic regression analysis was used for multivariate modelling, and commonly used model diagnostic procedures were applied to access the validity of the models.
