Self-reported dental hygiene, obesity, and systemic inflammation in a pediatric rural community cohort

BMC Oral Health

Table 5 Results from Multiple Regression Analysis: Parent-Assessed Overall Dental Health, Obesity, and Systemic Inflammation

Dependent Variable,*	n	R²	Adjusted R²	F Statistic	p _F	Independent Variables	β***	Standard Error_β	p _β
e-Selectin	65	0.2	0.2	4.2	0.005	BMI z-Score	3.2	1.6	0.05
						Parent-Assessed Overall Dental Health	-10.1	3.9	0.01
Haptoglobin	69	0.2	0.2	5.5	0.001	BMI z-Score	1.6e5	6.2e4	0.01
						Parent-Assessed Overall Dental Health	4.1e5	1.5e5	0.008
sVCAM-1	67	0.4	0.2	3.5	0.01	BMI z-Score	-99.0	44.3	0.03
						Parent-Assessed Overall Dental Health	-218.0	106.6	0.04
tPAI-1	68	0.5	0.3	6.6	< 0.0001	BMI z-Score	2583.9	646.1	< 0.0001
						Parent-Assessed Overall Dental Health	-4927.8	1561.30	0.002

*All regression models included age, gender, and parent education in addition to BMI z-score, and parent-assessed overall dental health (coded as 0 = Overall Rating < Very Good (Poor-Good) and 1 = Overall Rating Excellent or Very Good)
**Abbreviations for markers of systemic inflammation: sVCAM-1 (soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1); tPAI-1 (tissue plasminogen activator inhibitor-1)
***β coefficients not standardized

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