Oral health status of nursing staff in Ilembula, Wanging’ombe District, Njombe region, Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

Table 5 Factors associated with DMFT of the participants based on a linear regression analysis

R² = 0.298	Regression coefficient B	95% confidence interval (CI) for B		SD	Beta	T	sig
R² = 0.298	Regression coefficient B	Min	Max	SD	Beta	T	sig
(constant)	0.475	− 4.721	5.671	2.631		0.181	0.857
Gender	− 1.809	− 3.011	− 0.607	0.609	− 0.200	− 2.972	0.003
Age	0.250	0.150	0.350	0.051	0.339	4.928	0.000
Angle class	− 2.144	− 3.225	− 1.064	0.547	− 0.269	− 3.922	0.000
Dental care per day	0.938	0.043	1.832	0.453	0.141	2.071	0.040
Meals a day	0.100	− 1.334	1.533	0.726	0.010	0.137	0.891
Sweets per day	0.776	0.163	1.390	0.311	0.205	2.500	0.013
Sugar-sweetened tea per day	0.982	− 0.288	2.253	0.643	0.109	1.527	0.129
Soft drinks per day	0.310	− 0.898	1.519	0.612	0.040	0.508	0.612

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