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Table 1 Study population characteristics in the control and test units according to gender, skin color, age and dmft

From: Effectiveness of the bucco-lingual technique within a school-based supervised toothbrushing program on preventing caries: a randomized controlled trial

  

Control

Test

P value

Variables

Categories

n (%)

n (%)

 

Gender

Female

66 ( 50.8)

94 ( 61.0)

 
 

Male

64 ( 49.2)

60 ( 39.0)

0.082††

Skin color

Mixed

117 ( 90.0)

139 ( 90.4)

 
 

Others†

13 ( 10.0)

15 ( 9.6)

0.899††

TOTAL

 

130 (100.0)

154 (100.0)

 
  

Mean (SD) Median

Mean (SD) Median

 

Age (months)

 

68.40 (4.67) 68.57

68.56 (4.93) 68.73

0.786*

Dmft

 

2.02 (2.99) 0.00

2.27 (3.41) 1.00

0.657**

  1. São Vicente, SP, Brazil.
  2. † Whites+Blacks+Yellows; †† Pearson Chi-square; * Student Test "t"; ** Mann-Whitney Test
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