Oral health behavior of drug addicts in withdrawal treatment

BMC Oral Health

Table 4 Factors associated with oral health behavior scores of addicts by a linear regression model

Model	Unstandardized coefficients		Standardized coefficients	p-value	95% Confidence interval for B
	B	Standard error	Beta		Lower bound	Upper bound
Gender ^a	2.15	0.62	0.14	.001	0.93	3.37
Socioeconomic status ^b	0.43	0.12	0.14	<.001	0.19	0.66
Main drug of abuse ^c	0.60	0.27	0.09	.027	0.07	1.14
Age of starting drug abuse	0.07	0.02	0.17	<.001	0.04	0.10
Duration of addiction	−0.05	0.02	−0.11	.008	−0.08	−0.01

^a male = 0, female = 1.
^b Sum variable of the following variables: education, (diploma or higher = 1; less than diploma = 0); marital status, (married = 1; single = 0); employment status, (employed = 1; unemployed = 0); and residential area, (affluent =1; non-affluent = 0).
^c crystalline heroin = 0, other drugs = 1.
R² = 0.11.

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