Table 4.
Correlation matrix of the Chewing Efficiency Analysis (CEA) score and the predictors.
| Correlations | CEA score | Age | Gender | MMSE | FPU | PT | OP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEA score | 1.00 | -0.35 | 0.15 | 0.16 | -0.68 | 0.69 | 0.62 |
| Age | -0.35 | 1.00 | -0.26 | -0.35 | 0.33 | -0.32 | -0.30 |
| Gender | 0.15 | -0.26 | 1.00 | 0.19 | -0.13 | 0.17 | 0.12 |
| Cognition (MMSE) | 0.16 | -0.35 | 0.19 | 1.00 | -0.08 | 0.10 | 0.05 |
| Full prosthesis upper (FPU) | -0.68 | 0.33 | -0.13 | -0.08 | 1.00 | -0.89 | -0.71 |
| Present teeth (PT) | 0.69 | -0.32 | 0.17 | 0.10 | -0.89 | 1.00 | 0.83 |
| Occluding pairs (OP) | 0.62 | -0.30 | 0.12 | 0.05 | -0.71 | 0.83 | 1.00 |
Note: N = 135.