Costs and health-related quality of life in relation to caries

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Table 3 Dental and caries status in the CI and CA groups divided by age

Age intervals	20–29			30–39			40–49			50–59
	CI n = 38	CA n = 31	p-value	CI n = 17	CA n = 26	p-value	CI n = 34	CA n = 13	p-value	CI n = 90	CA n = 11	p-value
Total number of teeth	29.08	29.87	0.121	29.29	28.19	0.124	28.65	28.15	0.522	27.59	25.64	0.008
Number of intact teeth	27.89	22.55	< 0.001	25.24	18.69	< 0.001	21.47	14.46	< 0.001	14.44	9.36	0.010
Caries Status
DMFT	4.11	9.45	< 0.001	6.67	13.31	< 0.001	10.53	17.54	< 0.001	17.56	22.64	0.010
DMFS	16.08	24.13	0.015	20.76	38.04	0.012	29.21	49.31	< 0.001	50.06	79.91	< 0.001
DMFSa	6.16	10.48	0.002	8.41	15.73	0.027	11.18	21.54	< 0.001	20.97	35.45	< 0.001
DT	0.03	2.26	< 0.001	0.06	1.19	0.018	0.03	1.00	< 0.001	0.03	1.91	< 0.001
FT	1.16	6.26	< 0.001	4.00	9.15	< 0.001	7.18	13.54	< 0.001	13.13	16.18	0.078
DFT	1.18	7.32	< 0.001	4.06	9.50	< 0.001	7.18	13.69	< 0.001	13.13	16.27	0.070
DFS	1.53	13.48	< 0.001	7.35	19.15	0.013	12.47	30.08	< 0.001	28.08	48.27	< 0.001
DFSa	0.32	6.23	< 0.001	3.00	8.12	0.040	4.47	13.85	< 0.001	12.14	22.73	0.001
DS2	0.00	6.35	< 0.001	0.06	5.23	< 0.001	0.21	3.46	< 0.001	0.00	2.00	< 0.001
DSa2	0.00	5.71	< 0.001	0.00	4.77	< 0.001	0.21	3.31	< 0.001	0.00	1.55	< 0.001
DS3	0.03	2.03	< 0.001	0.06	1.15	0.014	0.00	0.54	0.002	0.01	0.36	< 0.001
DSa3	0.00	1.35	< 0.001	0.00	0.69	0.025	0.00	0.38	0.001	0.01	0.18	0.001
Secondary caries lesions	0.00	0.55	0.025	0.00	0.19	0.171	0.03	0.62	0.018	0.02	2.09	< 0.001
Secondary caries lesions a	0.00	0.42	0.027	0.00	0.08	0.425	0.00	0.46	0.019	0.02	1.27	< 0.001
Caries lesions (total)	0.03	2.55	< 0.001	0.06	1.35	0.017	0.03	1.15	< 0.001	0.03	2.45	< 0.001
Approximal caries lesions (total)	0.00	1.77	< 0.001	0.00	0.77	0.015	0.0	0.85	0.001	0.03	1.45	< 0.001

D decayed, M missed, F filled, T teeth, S surfaces, a approximal, D2 decay to enamel and dentin junction, D3 decay in dentin

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