Structural equation modelling for associated factors with dental caries among 3–5-year-old children: a cross-sectional study

Qin, Yuandong; Zhang, Rui; Yuan, Bo; Xu, Ting; Chen, Hong; Yang, Yingming; Hu, Tao

doi:10.1186/s12903-019-0787-4

Table 8 standardized regression weight of the model 2

From: Structural equation modelling for associated factors with dental caries among 3–5-year-old children: a cross-sectional study

			Estimate	SE	percentile 95%CI	Bia-corrected 95%CI	P
Latent variable loadings
dessert	<---	dietary behaviors	0.351	0.034	0.28/0.42	0.28/0.42	<0.001***
Sugared drink	<---	dietary behaviors	0.532	0.041	0.46/0.62	0.46/0.61	<0.001***
Night eating	<---	dietary behaviors	0.433	0.034	0.37/0.50	0.37/0.50	<0.001***
education	<---	SES	0.734	0.03	0.68/0.80	0.68/0.80	<0.001***
income	<---	SES	0.353	0.03	0.30/0.40	0.30/0.40	<0.001***
Family type	<---	SES	0.375	0.03	0.33/0.44	0.32/0.43	<0.001***
Measured variables
dental attendance	<---	SES	0.212	0.027	0.16/0.27	0.16/0.27	<0.001***
knowledge	<---	SES	0.453	0.025	0.40/0.50	0.40/0.50	<0.001***
knowledge	<---	dental attendance	0.013	0.019	−0.03/0.05	−0.03/0.05	0.54
attitude	<---	knowledge	0.31	0.023	0.27/0.36	0.27/0.36	<0.001***
attitude	<---	SES	0.177	0.028	0.12/0.23	0.12/0.23	<0.001***
attitude	<---	dental attendance	0.018	0.017	−0.02/0.05	−0.02/0.05	0.36
dietary behaviors	<---	attitude	0.111	0.035	0.04/0.18	0.04/0.18	0.003**
toothbrushing	<---	attitude	0.068	0.023	0.03/0.11	0.03/0.11	0.002**
toothbrushing	<---	SES	0.175	0.031	0.12/0.24	0.12/0.24	<0.001***
dietary behaviors	<---	SES	0.24	0.051	0.14/0.36	0.14/0.34	<0.001***
dietary behaviors	<---	dental attendance	−0.018	0.034	−0.08/0.05	−0.08/0.05	0.58
toothbrushing	<---	dental attendance	0.031	0.02	−0.01/0.07	−0.01/0.07	0.13
dietary behaviors	<---	knowledge	−0.006	0.04	−0.08/0.08	−0.08/0.08	0.88
toothbrushing	<---	knowledge	−0.012	0.025	−0.06/0.04	−0.06/0.04	0.64
dmft	<---	attitude	−0.019	0.022	−0.06/0.03	−0.07/0.02	0.4
dmft	<---	dietary behaviors	0.108	0.033	0.04/0.17	0.05/0.17	0.001**
dmft	<---	toothbrushing	0.004	0.021	−0.04/0.05	−0.04/0.05	0.83
dmft	<---	dental attendance	0.28	0.024	0.23/0.33	0.23/0.33	<0.001***
dmft	<---	SES	−0.166	0.034	−0.23/− 0.10	−0.23/− 0.10	<0.001***
dmft	<---	knowledge	−0.016	0.025	−0.07/0.03	−0.07/0.03	0.51

*<0.05, **<0.01, ***<0.001

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