Associations between dental anxiety, sense of coherence, oral health-related quality of life and health behaviour – a national Swedish cross-sectional survey

Table 2 Multivariate logistic regression (N = 3214) with dental anxiety (DA) as the dependent variable (low DA = 0; high DA = 1)

Independent variable	OR	95 % CI	p
Female gender	2.40	1.84 – 3.15	< .001
Age (years)	0.99	0.98 – 0.99	< .001
Low SOC	1.16	0.80 – 1.68	.437
Low OHRQoL	2.99	2.19 – 4.09	< .001
Irregular dental care	2.27	1.62 – 3.17	< .001
Daily smoking	2.68	1.93 – 3.71	< .001

Independent variables: gender, age, sense of coherence (SOC), oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL), regularity of dental care and smoking

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