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Table 2 Relationship between the incidence of odontogenic abscess and daily weather conditions or lunar activity by multiple linear regression analysis

From: A dental myth bites the dust – no observable relation between the incidence of dental abscess and the weather and lunar phase: an ecological study

Variable

Coefficient

p-value*

Barometric pressure

−0.179

0.002

Sunshine duration

−0.137

0.083

Relative humidity

−0.086

0.252

Lunar phase

−0.032

0.538

Biosynoptic weather class

−0.006

0.919

Precipitation

−0.003

0.958

Temperature

−0.002

0.974

  1. *Significance at p < 0.006 (after Bonferroni adjustment for multiple testing).
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