Table 3.

Predictors for xerostomia in Lithuanian adults (binary multivariable logistic regression analyses)¹

Predictors	OUTCOME: Presence of xerostomia No '0' (N = 112), Yes '1' (N = 1291)
	Model 1 Nagelkarke R2 = 0.756 Significance: p < 0.001			Model 21 Nagelkarke R2 = 0.761 Significance: p < 0.001
	Odds Ratio	95% CI	Tolerance	Odds Ratio	95% CI	Tolerance
Socio-demographic factors
Gender	1.1	0.7; 1.6	0.976	1.2	0.8; 1.9	0.878
Age	1.6	1.2; 2.3	0.964	1.7	1.1; 2.6	0.789
Residence	0.3	0.2; 0.4	0.952	3.3	1.6; 5.0	0.934
Education	0.4	0.3; 0.5	0.924
Status of general health
Systemic diseases				2.5	1.4; 3.3	0.923
Medication use				1.4	0.9; 2.2	0.792
Stress				1.2	0.7; 2.0	0.943
Body Mass Index				0.9	0.6; 1.4	0.903
Smoking				0.7	0.4; 1.2	0.917
Alcohol use				0.6	0.4; 0.9	0.902

¹ Education was excluded from Model 2 due to the multicollinearity problem