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

Table 6 Factors associated with OHI-S of the participants based on a linear regression analysis

R² = 0.153	Regression coefficient B	95% CI for B		SD	Beta	T	Sig
R² = 0.153	Regression coefficient B	Min	Max	SD	Beta	T	Sig
(Constant)	− 0.448	− 1.399	0.504	0.482		− 0.930	0.354
Gender	0.189	− 0.031	0.410	0.111	0.126	1.698	0.091
Age	0.025	0.006	0.043	0.009	0.202	2.672	0.008
Angle class	− 0.258	− 0.456	− 0.061	0.100	− 0.195	− 2.579	0.011
Dental care per day	0.197	0.033	0.361	0.083	0.178	2.379	0.019
Meals a day	0.260	− 0.003	0.522	0.133	0.149	1.953	0.053
Sweets per day	0.026	− 0.086	0.139	0.057	0.041	0.460	0.646
Sugar-sweetened tea per day	0.169	− 0.063	0.402	0.118	0.113	1.438	0.153
Soft drinks per day	0.040	− 0.182	0.261	0.112	0.031	0.354	0.724

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