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Table 4 Association of type of orphanage and dental visiting with DMFT/dmft and PUFA/pufa

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

Characteristics

DMFT n (%)

(p value)

dmft n (%)

(p value)

PUFA n (%)

(p value)

pufa n (%)

(p value)

Type of Orphanage

 Government owned

86 (52.1)

48 (37.5)

30 (46.9)

23 (34.8)

 Private owned

79 (47.9)

80 (62.5)

34 (53.1)

43 (65.1)

p < 0.001*

p = 0.43

p = 0.02*

p = 0.19

Dental visiting in past year

 Yes

46 (27.9)

32 (25)

20 (31.25)

19 (28.8)

 No

119 (72.1)

96 (75)

44 (68.75)

47 (71.2)

p = 0.009*

p = 0.21

p = 0.53

p = 0.50

  1. *significant at 0.05 level