Positive and negative affect and oral health-related quality of life

Table 5 Bivariate relationships between OHIP and explanatory variables

	*Functional limitation*	*Physical pain*	*Psychol. discomfort*	*Physical disability*	*Psychol. disability*	*Social disability*	*Handicap*	*OHIP scale*
	*rho*	*rho*	*rho*	*rho*	*rho*	*rho*	*rho*	*rho*
Number of teeth	**-0.33	**-0.25	**-0.29	**-0.30	**-0.29	**-0.17	**-0.24	**-0.32
Positive affect	**-0.22	**-0.27	**-0.28	**-0.27	**-0.30	**-0.26	**-0.29	**-0.33
Negative affect	**0.27	**0.28	**0.31	**0.30	**0.35	**0.28	**0.30	**0.36
	*Mean (SE)*	*Mean (SE)*	*Mean (SE)*	*Mean (SE)*	*Mean (SE)*	*Mean (SE)*	*Mean (SE)*	*Mean (SE)*
Card status	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
Card holder	0.56 (.07)	1.35 (.08)	1.40 (.01)	0.72 (.07)	1.03 (.09)	0.53 (.06)	0.67 (.07)	6.23 (.46)
Not card holder	0.23 (.02)	0.85 (.03)	0.72 (.03)	0.25 (.02)	0.44 (.03)	0.23 (.02)	0.22 (.02)	2.92 (.13)
Reason for visit	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
Relief of pain	0.47 (.07)	1.42 (.09)	1.27 (.10)	0.63 (.07)	0.92 (.08)	0.56 (.07)	0.54 (.07)	5.78 (.46)
Not relief of pain	0.25 (.02)	0.85 (.03)	0.76 (.04)	0.28 (.02)	0.47 (.03)	0.23 (.02)	0.26 (.02)	3.10 (.14)

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