Morphological Study of Palatal Rugae in a Sudanese Population

Table 7

Regression coefficient of all shapes.

Sl. number	Variables	Regression coefficient (b)	value
1	Straight	0.111	0.369
2	Curve	0.213	0.125
3	Wavy	−0.005	0.972
4	Circular	0.290	0.484
5	Branch	0.316	0.297
6	Crosslink	−0.598	0.343
7	Angular	0.061	0.806
8	Nonspecific	0.486	0.319
9	Converging	0.341	0.427
10	Diverging	−0.298	0.511
	Constant (a)	−1.475	0.247