Table 4.

Stepwise multiple linear regression analysis of total number of particles in children

Dependent variable	Independent variables	B	SE	β	p value
Total number of particles	DMFT index	−5.301	0.573	−0.559	<.001
	Maximum tongue pressure	1.162	0.223	0.321	<.001
	BMI	1.644	0.456	0.184	<.001

Note. DMFT = decayed, missing, and filled teeth; BMI = body mass index; B = unstandardized partial regression coefficient; SE = standard error; β = standardized partial regression coefficient indicating the relative importance of each variable.

R = .848, R ² = .719, adjusted R ² = .712, p < .001.