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Table 6 Relationship between age, number of remaining teeth, and colony amounts of Candida by logistic regression modelsa

From: Prevalence of Candida albicans and non-albicans on the tongue dorsa of elderly people living in a post-disaster area: a cross-sectional survey

C. albicans (n = 93)

 

Variable

Crude partial regression coefficient

Adjusted partial regression coefficient

95% CI

p-value

 First step

Number of remaining teeth

-0.06

0.94

0.53–0.94

0.053

Age

0.01

1.02

0.95–1.08

0.65

 Second (final) step

Number of remaining teeth

-0.07

0.94

0.88–0.99

0.03

Non- albicans (n = 59)

 

Variable

Partial regression coefficient

Adjusted partial regression coefficient

95% CI

p-value

 First step

Number of remaining teeth

-0.11

0.90

0.82–0.98

0.02

Age

-0.02

0.62

0.90–1.06

0.62

 Second (final) step

Number of remaining teeth

-0.10

0.91

0.83–0.98

0.02

  1. aDependent variable: log CFU ≥ 1.5; 1, log CFU < 1.5; 0