Oral health behaviours and metabolic syndrome: mediation effect of lifestyle habits

BMC Oral Health

Table 5 Indirect effect of each health behaviour on the number of metabolic syndrome components

	Mediator	Coefficient	SE	95% CI
Regular dental visit^a	Total	−0.030	0.004	−0.037, −0.023
	Drinking habit	0.000	0.0002	−0.0004, 0.001
	Smoking habit	−0.0002	0.001	−0.003, 0.002
	Exercise habit	−0.014	0.003	−0.019, −0.009
	Eating habit	−0.012	0.002	−0.017, −0.008
	Periodontal status	−0.004	0.001	−0.007, −0.002
Use of interdental brush or dental floss^a	Total	−0.027	0.004	−0.034, −0.020
	Drinking habit	−0.0001	0.0003	−0.001, 0.001
	Smoking habit	−0.0001	0.001	−0.003, 0.003
	Exercise habit	−0.013	0.002	−0.018, −0.009
	Eating habit	−0.011	0.002	−0.015, −0.007
	Periodontal status	−0.003	0.001	−0.005, −0.0004
Toothbrushing frequency^b	Total	−0.027	0.004	−0.035, −0.019
	Drinking habit	0.000	0.0002	−0.0004, 0.0004
	Smoking habit	0.0004	0.003	−0.005, 0.005
	Exercise habit	−0.009	0.002	−0.013, −0.006
	Eating habit	−0.015	0.003	−0.020, −0.010
	Periodontal status	−0.003	0.001	−0.006, −0.002

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