Relationship of BMI with the diet, physical activity and oral hygiene practices amongst the dental students

BMC Oral Health

Table 4 Association of BMI with the testing variables

Model	Unstandardized Coefficients		Standardized Coefficients	t	Sig	95.0% Confidence Interval for B
(BMI vs Parameters)	B	Std. Error	Beta	t	Sig	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
Frequency of meals	0.001	0.07	0	0.008	0.994	− 0.133	0.134
Snacks taken between meals	0.019	0.04	0.026	0.503	0.615	− 0.056	0.095
Kind of drinks consumed	0.013	0.03	0.026	0.499	0.618	− 0.039	0.066
Frequency of consuming drinks	− 0.109	0.04	− 0.128	− 2.53	0.012	− 0.194	− 0.024
Consumption of snacks	− 0.027	0.05	− 0.028	− 0.54	0.59	− 0.125	0.071
Frequency of workout during the week	− 0.01	0.05	− 0.01	− 0.186	0.852	− 0.114	0.094
Frequency of physical Activity on weekend	0.042	0.06	0.037	0.715	0.475	− 0.073	0.156
Frequent of watching TV and using social media	− 0.19	0.08	− 0.12	− 2.338	0.02	− 0.349	− 0.03
Frequency of brushing teeth	0.008	0.09	0.005	0.089	0.929	− 0.162	0.178
Aids used for brushing	− 0.021	0.05	− 0.021	− 0.411	0.681	− 0.122	0.08
Type of brushing technique used	− 0.041	0.03	− 0.071	− 1.382	0.168	− 0.1	0.017
Smoking	0.548	0.21	0.133	2.615	0.009	0.136	0.96
Type of toothpaste used	− 0.078	0.08	− 0.048	− 0.936	0.35	− 0.241	0.086
Type of Toothbrush used	− 0.286	0.06	− 0.223	− 4.473	< 0.001	− 0.412	− 0.16
Frequency of using,outhwash	− 0.178	0.06	− 0.16	− 3.177	0.002	− 0.289	− 0.068
Frequency of visit to dentist	− 0.011	0.04	− 0.013	− 0.247	0.805	− 0.098	0.076

B B coefficient, SE standard error, Wald Wald chi-square test, p p-value, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
Significance taken at p < 0.05
Simple linear regression analysis, using testing variables as dependent variables, while BMI was used as independent variable

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