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Table 1 Variable assignment table

From: Risk factors of chronic periodontitis on healing response: a multilevel modelling analysis

Variables

Assignment

Patient -level

Level 3

Age

continuous variable

Gender

female =1, male =2

Smokers

yes = 1, no = 0

BMI

continuous variable

Socio-economic

More than 599.60 USD = 1, 299.76–599.60 USD =2, 149.88–299.76 USD = 3, 74.94–149.88 USD =4, less than 74.94 USD = 5

Education background

post graduation =1, graduate =2, senior school or below =3

Stress-experience

yes = 1,no = 0

Number of missing teeth

continuous variable

% of sites with plaque at baseline

continuous variable

% of sites with BOP at baseline

continuous variable

% of sites with PD ≥ 5 mm at baseline

continuous variable

Tooth-level

Level 2

Tooth position

anterior = 1, premolar = 2, molar = 3

Mobility

Do not have mobility = 0, mobility ≤ 1 mm = 1, 1 mm < mobility ≤ 2 mm = 2, mobility > 2 mm = 3

Site-level

Level 1

Plaque at baseline

presence = 1, absence = 0

BOP at baseline

presence = 1, absence = 0

Surface of tooth

1 = buccal / lingual, 2 = mesiocclusion/distocclusion