Table 5.

SEM for the effects of socioeconomic position on the oral clinical measures–OHRQoL relationship

	β†	Bootstrap SE‡	Bias-corrected 95% CI§	P-value
Decayed teeth
Decayed teeth – OHRQoL	0.241	0.028	0.186, 0.296	< 0.001*
Socioeconomic position – OHRQoL	−0.094	0.028	−0.148, −0.040	0.001*
Decayed teeth – socioeconomic position	−0.197	0.022	−0.240, −0.154	< 0.001*
Decayed teeth – OHRQoL/socioeconomic position	0.223	0.029	0.167, 0.279	< 0.001*
Missing teeth
Missing teeth – OHRQoL	0.261	0.067	0.130, 0.391	< 0.001*
Socioeconomic position – OHRQoL	−0.130	0.026	−0.181, −0.080	< 0.001*
Missing teeth – socioeconomic position	−0.031	0.042	−0.114, 0.053	0.472
Missing teeth – OHRQoL/socioeconomic position	0.257	0.071	0.119, 0.396	< 0.001*
Gingivitis
Gingivitis – OHRQoL	0.197	0.031	0.137, 0.258	< 0.001*
Socioeconomic position – OHRQoL	−0.114	0.028	−0.168, −0.060	< 0.001*
Gingivitis – socioeconomic position	−0.113	0.028	−0.167, −0.059	< 0.001*
Gingivitis – OHRQoL/socioeconomic position	0.189	0.031	0.127, 0.250	< 0.001*
Malocclusion
Malocclusion – OHRQoL	0.165	0.031	0.105, 0.225	< 0.001*
Socioeconomic position – OHRQoL	−0.123	0.024	−0.170, −0.075	< 0.001*
Malocclusion – socioeconomic position	−0.159	0.030	−0.119, −0.059	< 0.001*
Malocclusion – OHRQoL/socioeconomic position	0.145	0.031	0.085, 0.206	< 0.001*

^*P < 0.05 is considered significant.

^†β = bootstrapped standardised estimate.

^‡SE = standard error.

^§CI = confidence interval.