Prevalence and impact of infant oral mutilation on dental occlusion and oral health-related quality of life among Kenyan adolescents from Maasai Mara

Table 4 The overall CPQ11–14 score and the four domain scores in 173 adolescents infant oral mutilation (IOM group) compared to 95 adolescents with all mandibular incisors and canines present in the oral cavity (control group)

		CPQ total				Oral symptoms				Functional limitations				Emotional well-being				Social well-being
	n^a	Median^b (P¹⁰-P⁹⁰)	Mean^c (SD)	Preva-lence (%)^d	Extent^e	Median^b (P¹⁰-P⁹⁰)	Mean^c (SD)	Preva-lence (%)^d	Extent^e	Median^b (P¹⁰-P⁹⁰)	Mean^c (SD)	Preva-lence (%)^d	Extent^e	Median^b (P¹⁰-P⁹⁰)	Mean^c (SD)	Preva- lence (%)^d	Extent^e	Median^b (P¹⁰-P⁹⁰)	Mean^c (SD)	Preva-lence (%)^d	Extent^e
IOM group	173	4 (0–18)	6.0 (8.0)	5.5	0.12	2 (0–5)	2.4 (2.3)	3.5	0.04	1 (0–6)	2.1 (3.4)	5.4	0.07	0 (0–3.5)	0.9 (2.9)	1.2	0.02	0 (0–2)	0.7 (2.4)	0.6	0.01
Boys	96	4 (0–20)	7.0 8.9	7.6	0.18	2 (0–6)	2.8 (2.4)	4.3	0.05	1 (0–8)	2.3 (3.5)	6.5	0.09	0 (0–4)	1.0 (3.1)	2.1	0.03	0 (0–2)	0.8 (2.5)	1.0	0.01
Girls	72	4.5 (0–16)	7.6 (8.9)	2.9	0.03	2 (0–6)	2.8 (2.4)	2.8	0.03	1 (0–9)	2.8 (3.7)	4.3	0.06	0 (0–5)	1.2 (2.9)	0	0	0 (0–6)	1.2 (2.8)	0	0
Control group	95	4 (0–14)	5.9 (7.2)	4.4	0.05	2 (0–6)	2.5 (2.2)	3.2	0.04	0 (0–7)	2.1 (3.0)	1.1	0.01	0 (0–2)	0.9 (2.2)	0	0	0 (0–2)	0.7 (2.0)	0	0
Boys	48	4 (0.11)	4.6 (5.0)	2.1	0.02	2 (0–6)	2.4 (2.0)	2.1	0.02	0 (0–6)	1.5 (2.3)	0	0	0 (0–2)	0.6 (1.5)	0	0	0 (0–0)	0.2 (0.7)	0	0
Girls	44	2 (0–13	4.6 (6.1)	7.1	0.10	2 (0–4)	1.9 (2.0)	4.7	0.07	0 (0–5)	1.9 (3.3)	2.3	0.02	0 (0–2)	0.7 (2.5)	0	0	0 (0–0)	0.5 (2.0)	0	0

^aThe number of individuals in the respective groups. Missing data on gender of five IOM individuals and three controls
^bMedian additive score, 10- and 90-percentiles in parenthesis
^cMean additive score, standard deviation (SD) in parenthesis (severity of impact)
^dPrevalence is the percentage of individuals with one or more items scored “often” or “every day/almost every day” in the specified domains
^eExtent is the mean number of items scored “often” or “every day/almost every day” in the specified domain
IOM: Absence of a minimum of two mandibular incisors and/or canines according to the cut-off level

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