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Table 3 Weights of knowledge and attitude factors in discriminating Lithuanian and international dental students towards smokinga

From: Smoking and attitudes towards its cessation among native and international dental students in Lithuania

Discriminating variables

Group means

Wilks’ Lambda

F

p

Standardized canonical discriminant function coefficients

Structure coefficients

Lithuanian

International

Knowledge and attitude factors:

 Harmfulness (of smoking)

−0.03

0.18

0.994

3.74

0.054

−0.015

0.250

 Addiction (to smoking)

−0.06

0.34

0.978

13.58

<0.001

0.520

0.476

 Willingness (to patients’ smoking cessation)

−0.04

0.18

0.994

3.86

0.050

−0.031

0.254

 “Dentist’s knowledge and skills”

−0.09

0.51

0.951

31.17

<0.001

0.733

0.721

 “Help patients”

0.01

−0.02

1.000

0.05

0.824

−0.116

−0.029

Adjusting variables:

 Age (% of 23+ year olds)

33.7

33.7

1.000

0.00

0.988

0.214

0.002

 Gender (% of female)

72.4

72.4

1.000

0.00

0.991

−0.176

0.001

 Study phase (% of clinical students)

58.9

42.6

0.985

9.01

0.003

−0.585

−0.388

 Smoking (% of smokers)

27.7

31.6

0.999

0.61

0.612

0.050

0.101

 Functions at Group Centroids

−0.14

0.73

 

59.87

<0.001

  
  1. aData weighted by age and gender