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Table 1 Caries experience according to sex and birthplace

From: Dental caries status and its associated factors among 5-year-old Hong Kong children: a cross-sectional study

Independent variables (n)

Caries prevalence

p-value1

Mean dmft (±SD)

Mean dt (±SD)

Mean mt (±SD)

Mean ft. (±SD)

Rank of median dmft score

p-value2

All children (459)

55.4%

 

2.7 ± 3.7

2.6 ± 3.7

0.01 ± 0.1

0.2 ± 0.8

  

Sex

 

0.157

     

0.056

 Boys (210)

59.1%

 

2.9 ± 3.9

2.9 ± 4.0

0.01 ± 0.1

0.2 ± 0.8

243

 

 Girls (249)

52.2%

 

2.2 ± 3.3

2.2 ± 3.3

<0.01

0.1 ± 0.7

220

 

Birthplace

 

0.477

     

0.219

 Hong Kong (425)

54.8%

 

2.5 ± 3.6

2.5 ± 3.7

0.01 ± 0.1

0.2 ± 0.8

228

 

 Outside of Hong Kong (34)

61.8%

 

3.0 ± 3.6

2.7 + 3.6

<0.01

0.2 ± 1.1

255

 
  1. 1Comparison of caries prevalence
  2. 2Comparison of the rank of median dmft score