Dental fear and its possible relationship with periodontal status in Chinese adults: a preliminary study

BMC Oral Health

Table 3 Results of linear regression analysis in three scales of patients with periodontal disease

	Gender	Dental attendances	Scaling	Bleeding on brushing	Dentine hypersensitivity
DAS
B	1.50	-1.28	NO	0.74	0.75
Beta	0.23	-0.18	NO	0.26	0.14
P	<0.001	<0.001	NO	0.005	0.008
95% CI	0.87 ~ 2.14	-1.98 ~ -0.58	NO	0.22 ~ 1.25	0.20 ~ 1.29
DFS
B	7.17	-4.90	3.90	3.07	4.38
Beta	0.22	-0.14	0.16	0.12	0.16
P	<0.001	0.015	0.004	0.020	0.002
95% CI	3.98 ~ 10.37	-8.87 ~ -0.94	1.27 ~ 6.53	0.48 ~ 5.66	1.63 ~ 7.13
S-DAI
B	3.55	NO	2.82	NO	NO
Beta	0.20	NO	0.22	NO	NO
P	<0.001	NO	<0.001	NO	NO
95% CI	1.77 ~ 5.34	NO	1.52 ~ 4.12	NO	NO

B, Unstandardized Coefficients; Beta, Standardized coefficients; 95% CI, 95% Confidence interval; NO, variable not included in the model.

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