Table 3.

Univariate and multivariate regression with bone mineral density (BMD) of the hip and lumbar spine as dependant parameters (n = 83)

Independent variables	Dependant variable: BMD hip						Dependant variable: BMD lumbar spine
	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis			Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
	b ± SE (b)	t	p-value	b ± SE (b)	t	p-value	b ± SE (b)	t	p-value	b ± SE (b)	t	p-value
Age	−0.001 ± 0.001	−0.586	0.559	–	–	–	0.001 ± 0.001	−0.549	0.585	–	–	–
Body mass index	0.009 ± 0.003	2.585	0.012	0.008 ± 0.003	2.557	0.012	0.005 ± 0.003	1.257	0.212	–	–	–
Bone density—mandible	0.002 ± 0.001	2.375	0.020	0.002 ± 0.001	2.364	0.020	0.004 ± 0.001	4.598	<0.001	0.004 ± 0.001	4.620	<0.001
Mandibular cortical index	−0.064 ± 0.028	−2.244	0.028	−0.066 ± 0.027	−2.349	0.021	−0.068 ± 0.031	−2.140	0.035	−0.075 ± 0.031	−2.386	0.019

SE (b), standard error of the regression coefficient b.