Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study participants
From: Validation of the Arabic Version of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS)
Variable | Community-based sample | Clinic-based sample | P-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
n = 422 (%) | n = 246 (%) | ||
Age, mean (SD) | 4.5 (0.6) | 4.6 (1.2) | 0.246 |
Gender | |||
 Male | 181 (42.9) | 117 (47.6) | 0.242 |
 Female | 241 (57.1) | 129 (52.4) |  |
Nationality | |||
 Saudi | 263 (63.2) | 123 (50.0) | <0.01 |
 Non-Saudi | 153 (36.8) | 123 (50.0) |  |
School type | |||
 Private | 343 (81.3) | -- | -- |
 Public | 79 (18.7) | -- |  |
dmft score | |||
 0 | 136 (32.2) | 11 (4.5) | <0.01 |
 1-5 | 161 (38.2) | 40 (16.3) |  |
  > 5 | 125 (29.6) | 195 (79.3) |  |
dmft score, mean (SD) | 4.0 (4.4) | 9.9 (5.0) | <0.01 |