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Table 3 Assessing association between F-ECOHIS score and participants' reason for attending clinics.

From: Validation of a Farsi version of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (F-ECOHIS)

Test

Category

Number of subjects (%)

Mean F-ECOHIS score

Significance level

    

Before any adjustment

After adjustments for age, sex, and city

Reason for attendance (Two categories)

   

P < 0.001*

P < 0.001†

 

Dental treatment

59 (24)

31.0

  
 

Dental routine check up or other reasons

187 (76)

23.6

  

Reason for attendance (Three categories)

   

P < 0.001**

P = 0.001†

 

Dental treatment

59 (24)

31.0

  
 

Dental routine check up

47 (19)

24.6

  
 

Other reasons

140 (57)

23.3

  

Total

 

246 (100)

25.7

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  1. *Mann-Whitney Test; **Kruskal-Wallis Test, †Poisson regression