Table 3.

Maximum likelihood bootstrapped standardized direct effects for the Wilson and Cleary model among Sudanese older adults n = 249

	Model 1			Model 2
	ß	Bootstrap SE	Bias-corrected 95% CI	ß	Bootstrap SE	Bias-corrected 95% CI
OHS→DMFT	0.98	0.04	0.91–1.1*	0.92	0.01	0.87–0.95*
→Occluding units	0.84	0.04	0.76–0.92*	0.90	0.01	0.86–0.93*
→Intervention	0.49	0.07	0.32–0.62*	0.50	0.07	0.33–0.62*
→ Pain	-0.07	0.07	-0.20-0.08	-0.08	0.06	-0.20-0.07
→PDC	-	-	-	0.69	0.04	0.59–0.76*
→POH	-	-	-	-0.17	0.11	-0.38-0.04
→OHRQoL	-	-	-	0.05	0.08	-0.12-0.22
Pain→PDC	0.13	0.06	0.005–0.25*	0.19	0.04	0.09–0.27*
→POH	-	-	-	-0.16	0.05	-0.27- -0.05*
→OHRQoL	-	-	-	-0.18	0.06	-0.31- -0.06*
PDC →POH	-0.37	0.06	-0.48- -0.24*	-0.23	0.11	-0.42- -0.003*
→OHRQoL	-	-	-	-0.72	0.07	-0.86- -0.57*
POH→OHRQoL	0.48	0.09	0.29–0.64*	0.25	0.07	0.11–0.38*
OHRQoL→Physical	0.91	0.09	0.76–1.1*	0.83	0.04	0.74–0.91*
→Psychological	0.57	0.06	0.43–0.69*	0.58	0.05	0.45–0.67*
→Pain/Discomfort	0.43	0.07	0.29–0.58**	0.69	0.07	0.53–0.84*
Gender→OHS	0.32	0.07	0.17–0.46*	-	-	-
→Pain	0.00	0.07	-0.15-0.16	-	-	-
→PDC	0.23	0.07	0.07–0.36*	-	-	-
→POH	-0.05	0.06	-0.17-0.07	-	-	-
→OHRQoL	-0.02	0.07	-0.11-0.15	-	-	-
Age →OHS	0.18	0.07	0.03–0.32*	-	-	-
→Pain	-0.04	0.07	-0.18-0.11	-	-	-
→PDC	0.07	0.06	-0.06-0.21	-	-	-
→POH	-0.07	0.06	-0.20-0.04	-	-	-
→OHRQoL	0.04	0.06	-0.08-0.17	-	-	-
Education→OHS	-0.02	0.06	-0.16-0.104	-	-	-
→Pain	-0.05	0.06	-0.18-0.06	-	-	-
→PDC	-0.12	0.06	-0.25- -0.001	-	-	-
→POH	0.02	0.05	-0.08-0.13	-	-	-
→OHRQoL	0.16	0.06	0.04–0.28*	-	-	-
Occupation →OHS	-0.07	0.06	-0.20-0.06	-	-	-
→Pain	-0.02	0.07	-0.16-0.11	-	-	-
→PDC	-0.05	0.06	-0.18- 0.07	-	-	-
→POH	0.15	0.06	-0.28- -0.04*	-	-	-
→OHRQoL	0.09	0.06	-0.03-0.22	-	-	-

ß: bootstrapped standardized estimate; SE: Standard Error; CI: Confidence Interval, OHS: Oral Health Status, PDC: Perceived Difficulty of Chewing, POH: Perceived Oral Health, OHRQoL: Oral Health Related Quality of Life, *: P < 0.05, **: P ≤ 0.01