In a stepwise multiple-variable analysis, only HbA1c and β-cell function (ln insulin secretion/insulin resistance index) predicted the development of diabetes (r = 0.49; P < 0.0001).
Of the various socio-economic and socio-demographic variables in the analysis, only the effect of caste/ethnicity remained statistically significant in the multivariable analysis.
With regard to the clinical variables, in regression analysis, only malocclusion remained as an important oral health characteristic that had a negative impact on the quality of life.
Of these clinical variables in multivariable analysis only SCP and age of diagnosis (p = 0.02) were statistically significant predictors of response to exogenous prandial insulin.
After controlling for all variables in the analysis, only perceived uncontrollability and perceived dangerousness showed significant independent associations with dental fear.
To limit the number of explanatory variables in the analysis, only abiotic parameters explaining a significant part (Monte Carlo permutations under the RDA option; P ≤ 0.05) of the variation in trait composition between the sites were included in the final RDA analysis performed with the Canoco version 5 program, licensed by Wageningen University, The Netherlands (Ter Braak and Šmilauer 2012).
For multivariate analysis, only variables with a p value ≤0.1 in univariate analysis were kept in the final model.
In the multivariate model including all the variables from the univariate analysis, only PS emerged as a significant factor for survival (Table 4).
Of the ecological variables included in our analysis, only plant life history (i.e., annual or perennial) explained variation in the protective benefit of mutualistic ants: presence of ants benefitted reproduction of perennials significantly more than that of annuals.
a In multivariate analysis, only variables which had P-values < 0.10 in univariate analysis were included.
For multivariate analysis, only variables achieving a significant result in univariate analysis were included.
