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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Dent Assoc. 2009 Jul;140(7):896–905. doi: 10.14219/jada.archive.2009.0283

TABLE 6.

Final regression models for dental care–related anxiety and fear of dental pain.

PREDICTOR VARIABLE DENTAL CARE–RELATED ANXIETY–MC1R*
GENE VARIANTS
FEAR OF DENTAL PAIN–MC1R
GENE VARIANTS
B Standard Error β P Value B Standard Error β P Value
Sex −.543 .580 −.074 .351 −4.029 2.785 −.115 .150
Trait Anxiety .085 .030 .249 .006 .165 .146 .101 .261
Anxiety Sensitivity .058 .038 .135 .132 .583 .183 .284 .002
MC1R Gene Variant Status 1.584 .585 .213 .008 5.777 2.814 .162 .042
*

MC1R: Melanocortin-1 receptor.

B: Unstandardized regression coefficient.

β: Standardized regression coefficient.