Impact of Periodontal Diseases on Health-Related Quality of Life of Users of the Brazilian Unified Health System

Table 4

Final result of the multiple linear regressions for patients treated in the Periodontics section at Dental Specialty Centres (Centros de Especialidades Odontológicas), Juiz de Fora, 2013.

Variable	β adjusted	𝑃
Gender	−0.108	0.138
Periodontal disease	0.110	0.058
Professional occupation	−0.115	0.126
Gross income in dollars/month—ABEP classification	0.075	0.309
Self-perceived oral health	0.321	<0.001
Need to use or replace prosthesis	−0.216	0.007
Dentition status	0.031	0.673

Significant (𝑃-value < 0.005).