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Table 2.

Total occlusal force according to dental health indicators (N = 551)

Variable	N	Occlusal force (Newton)
Variable	N	Crude, mean ± SD	Adjusted, mean ± SE
Dental status
Dentate	371	471.82 ± 368.00^a	464.24 ± 17.15^a
Partial denture	131	284.64 ± 217.36^b	297.15 ± 28.85^b
Complete denture	49	256.48 ± 246.31^b	280.42 ± 47.71^b
p value		< 0.001	< 0.001
NT
Low (0–15 teeth)	167	262.83 ± 218.83^a	262.87 ± 25.78^a
Moderate (16–23 teeth)	199	398.65 ± 333.28^b	405.02 ± 22.84^b
High (24–32 teeth)	185	550.24 ± 379.74^c	542.71 ± 25.09^c
p value		< 0.001	< 0.001
NRT
Low (0–15 teeth)	17	265.42 ± 347.83^a	301.17 ± 81.49^a
Moderate (16–23 teeth)	87	303.85 ± 282.99^a,b	311.30 ± 36.18^a,b
High (24–32 teeth)	447	433.90 ± 340.56^a,c	431.09 ± 15.75^a,c
p value		< 0.001	0.005

SD standard deviation, SE standard error, NT number of natural teeth, NRT number of natural and rehabilitated teeth

P value obtained from ANOVA for crude value and ANCOVA for adjusted value controlling for age, sex, education, smoking, alcohol, periodontitis, metabolic syndrome

Superscript^abc denote same subgroup by Bonferroni’s post hoc multiple comparisons test