Impact of surgical orthodontic treatment on quality of life in Chinese young adults with class III malocclusion: a longitudinal study

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the participants

Variables	Patients n = 21	Controls n = 24	P-value
Gender (%)			0.316
Male	11(52.4)	9(37.5)
Female	10(47.6)	15(62.5)
Age (years)	24.10 ± 3.67	24.42 ± 5.31	0.854
Marital status (%)			0.905
Unmarried	17(81.0)	18(75.0)
Married	4(19.0)	6(25.0)
Occupation (%)			0.847
Student	11(45.8)	11(52.4)
Office clerk	10(41.7)	7(33.3)
Self-employed worker	3(12.5)	3(14.3)

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