Table 6.
Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis and Collinearity Statistics for NAFLD diagnosis as the dependent variable with statistically significant independent parameters.
| Parameter | Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis | Linear Regression Analysis Collinearity Statistics |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | Std. Error | p Value | OR (95% CI) | ||||
| Tolerance | VIF | ||||||
| (Intercept) | 7.19 | 0.98 | <0.001 | 0.001 (0.000–0.005) | |||
| Age | 0.07 | 0.008 | <0.001 | 1.08 (1.06–1.09) | 0.448 | 2.234 | |
| Sex: men vs. women | 1.36 | 0.27 | <0.001 | 3.91 (2.29–6.66) | 0.934 | 1.071 | |
| Locality of residence (reference: rural) | urban Jewish | −0.24 | 0.56 | 0.667 | 0.78 (0.26–2.35) | 0.998 | 1.012 |
| Urban non-Jewish | −0.69 | 0.58 | 0.233 | 0.49 (0.16–1.56) | 0.979 | 1.021 | |
| Socioeconomic status (SES) (reference: low SES) | High | 0.12 | 0.25 | 0.619 | 1.13 (0.68–1.87) | 0.948 | 1.055 |
| Medium | 0.32 | 0.24 | 0.183 | 1.39 (0.85–2.25) | 0.944 | 1.059 | |
| Birth country (reference native Israelis) | Western Europe | 0.19 | 0.16 | 0.254 | 1.21 (0.87–1.671 | 0.983 | 1.017 |
| Eastern Europe | −0.11 | 0.60 | 0.856 | 0.89 (0.27–2.93) | 0.979 | 1.022 | |
| Asia | −0.45 | 0.56 | 0.417 | 0.63 (0.21–1.90) | 0.995 | 1.005 | |
| Ethiopia | 0.07 | 0.60 | 0.897 | 1.08 (0.33–3.54) | 0.984 | 1.017 | |
| Africa | 0.42 | 0.48 | 0.382 | 1.52 (0.59–3.94) | 0.995 | 1.005 | |
| North America | 0.08 | 0.60 | 0.883 | 1.09 (0.33–3.55) | 0.987 | 1.013 | |
| South America | 0.02 | 0.61 | 0.969 | 1.02 (0.31–3.39) | 0.997 | 1.003 | |
| Smoking | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.183 | 1.16 (0.93–1.45) | 0.749 | 1.334 | |
| Teeth brushing once a day or more | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.696 | 1.05 (0.81–1.36) | 0.694 | 1.441 | |
| Consumption of a cariogenic diet | 0.03 | 0.16 | 0.830 | 1.03 (0.75–1.43) | 0.587 | 1.702 | |
| Sweetened beverages | −0.23 | 0.16 | 0.145 | 0.79 (0.57–1.08) | 0.576 | 1.736 | |
| Diabetes type 2 | 1.14 | 0.18 | <0.001 | 3.14 (2.21–4.46) | 0.917 | 1.090 | |
| Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) | 0.51 | 0.42 | 0.224 | 1.67 (0.73–3.85) | 0.963 | 1.038 | |
| Hypertension | 0.51 | 0.12 | <0.001 | 1.67 (1.30–2.14) | 0.901 | 1.109 | |
| Hyperlipidemia | 1.31 | 0.15 | <0.001 | 3.69 (2.75–4.95) | 0.546 | 1.832 | |
| BMI | 0.14 | 0.01 | <0.001 | 1.15 (1.13–1.18) | 0.840 | 1.190 | |
| Cardiovascular disease | 0.02 | 0.14 | 0.901 | 1.02 (0.76–1.36) | 0.920 | 1.086 | |
| Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) | −0.39 | 0.30 | 0.185 | 0.67 (0.37–1.21) | 0.972 | 1.029 | |
| Periodontitis | 0.35 | 0.14 | 0.017 | 1.42 (1.06–1.89) | 0.959 | 1.043 | |
| Missing teeth | −0.02 | 0.03 | 0.513 | 0.97 (0.91–1.04) | 0.768 | 1.302 | |
| Total number of teeth that required endodontic treatment | −0.04 | 0.11 | 0.740 | 0.96 (0.76–1.21) | 0.810 | 1.235 | |
| The number of teeth that required regular extraction | −0.11 | 0.07 | 0.149 | 0.89 (0.77–1.04) | 0.949 | 1.053 | |
| The number of teeth that required a crown | −0.006 | 0.05 | 0.924 | 0.99 (0.88–1.11) | 0.822 | 1.216 | |
| Presence of oral soft tissue disease | 0.03 | 0.19 | 0.873 | 1.03 (0.71–1.50) | 0.854 | 1.123 | |
Statistically significant values are in bold. VIF: variance inflation factor.