Table 6.

Stepwise multiple linear regression analysis of total number of particles in young adults

Dependent variable	Independent variables	B	SE	β	p value
Total number of particles	DMFT index	−2.774	0.546	−0.494	<.001
	Maximum tongue pressure	1.165	0.293	0.387	<.001

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

R = .717, R ² = .513, adjusted R ² = .496, p < .001.