Association between dental caries and adherence to the Mediterranean diet, dietary intake, and body mass index in children

Table 5 Multiple linear regression analysis for children’s DMFT and dft scores

Model	Unstandardized B	Standart Error	Standardized Coefficients Beta	t	p	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
DMFT
Age (years)	0.170	0.064	0.151	2.633	0.009*	0.043	0.297
Mather’s education	-0.827	0.252	-0.188	-3.280	0.001*	-1.323	-0.331
Frequency of tooth-brushing (daily)	0.173	0.238	0.041	0.728	0.467	-0.295	0.641
KIDMED scores	-0.085	0.037	-0.135	-2.305	0.022*	-0.157	-0.012
Dietary Ca intake (mg)	< 0.001	< 0.001	-0.021	-0.361	0.718	-0.001	0.001
		R²:0.113 p < 0.001
dft
Age (years)	-1.154	0.085	-0.648	-13.599	< 0.001*	-1.321	-0.987
Maternal age	0.028	0.028	0.046	0.988	0.324	-0.028	0.083
Mathers education	-0.864	0.335	-0.125	-2.580	0.010*	-1.523	-0.205
Father’s education	-0.380	0.409	-0.046	-0.928	0.354	-1.186	0.426
Dietary glucose intake (g)	-0.014	0.063	-0.034	-0.225	0.822	-0.139	0.110
Dietary fructose intake (g)	0.017	0.053	0.049	0.324	0.746	-0.087	0.122
		R²:0.454 p < 0.001

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