Determinants of orthodontic treatment acceptance among university students in Northern China: a structural equation modeling approach.

Front Public Health · 2026 · PMC13055556 · PMID 41952821

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closest p · 1.4× alpha

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showed a trendp = 0.070so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

While Assurance showed a trend toward a difference across age groups ( p = 0.070), it did not reach the conventional threshold for statistical significance.

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highly significantno p-value reported

Paths with a p -value < 0.05 were deemed statistically significant, while those with p < 0.001 were considered highly significant.

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