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Table 3 Association of variables with tooth-to-tooth gap measurement

From: Back mobility and interincisor distance ranges in racially diverse North American healthy children and relationship to generalized hypermobility

Covariate

Unadjusted coefficient

p value

R2 value

Adjusted coefficient

p value

Age

0.73 (0.54 – 0.92)

<0.001

0.15

0.20 (−0.15 – 0.55)

0.26

Height (cm)

0.14 (0.11 – 0.18)

<0.001

0.17

0.089 (0.029 – 0.15)

0.004

BMI (kg/m2)

0.33 (0.21 – 0.45)

<0.001

0.093

0.14 (0.017 – 0.27

0.026

Permanent teeth

3.8 (2.3 – 5.2)

<0.001

0.080

0.47 (−1.2 – 2.2)

0.58