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. 2022 Oct 28;22:829. doi: 10.1186/s12877-022-03542-1

Table 3.

Direct and indirect effect of oral health on depressive symptoms through mediator (Dietary satisfaction) conditionally in the level of moderator (BMI) (N = 781)

Path: Predictor B SE t P-Value R2
Dietary satisfaction as outcome 0.22
a: Oral health 0.06 0.03 2.19 0.029
Depressive symptoms as outcome
c: Oral health -0.22 0.11 −2.00 0.046
b: Dietary satisfaction −0.61 0.15 −4.20 < 0.001
Body mass index −0.68 0.15 −4.44 < 0.001
d: Dietary satisfaction*BMI 0.47 0.15 3.21 < 0.001
Covariates
Education −0.15 0.14 −1.11 0.27
Marital status −0.08 0.38 −0.21 0.83
Gender 0.12 0.29 0.40 0.69
Age 0.01 0.02 0.41 0.68
Income −0.34 0.16 −2.21 0.03
Number of diseases 0.53 0.10 5.50 < 0.001
Self-rated health −1.21 0.20 −6.20 < 0.001

B Unstandardized regression coefficient, SE Standard error