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Table 2 Percentage prevalence of DMFT, dmft and PUFA, pufa according to child gender and age groups

From: Clinical consequences of untreated dental caries assessed using PUFA index and its covariates in children residing in orphanages of Pakistan

Characteristics

Gender n (%)

Age groups (years)

Male

Female

4-5

6-12

13-17

dmft

90 (71.3)

38 (28.7)

05 (3.9)

116 (91.3)

06 (4.7)

p value

0.29

0.91

0.003a

<0.001a

DMFT

114 (69.9)

49 (30)

-

124 (75.1)

41 (24.8)

p value

0.14

0.65

0.02a

pufa

48 (72.7)

18 (27.2)

03 (4.5)

63 (95.4)

-

p value

0.25

0.86

0.11

PUFA

48 (75)

16 (25)

-

50 (78.1)

14 (21.8)

p value

0.29

0.22

0.79

  1. astatistically significant at 0.05 level