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Table 2 Adverse childhood experience, bully victimization, self-esteem, resilience and social support scores per prevalence and caries severity, caries complication and oral hygiene status in children 6–16-years-old resident in Ile-Ife, Nigeria

From: Association between adverse childhood experiences, bullying, self-esteem, resilience, social support, caries and oral hygiene in children and adolescents in sub-urban Nigeria

Variables

Caries

N = 1001

dmft/DMFT

N = 59

Caries complication

N = 59

Oral hygiene

N = 1001

Absent n = 942

Present

n = 59

p-value

1–2

n = 48

> 3

n = 11

p-value

Absent

n = 53

Present

n = 6

p-value

Good

n = 37

Fair

n = 883

Poor

n = 81

p-value

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

ACE

1 (3)

1 (1)

0.74

1 (2)

1 (1)

0.43

1 (1)

1 (0)

0.60

1 (3)

1 (2)

2 (3)

0.45

Bully victimization

1 (5)

2 (5)

0.37

2 (4.5)

4 (7)

0.63

2 (5)

0.5 (2)

0.11

1 (4)

2 (6)

1 (4)

0.17

Self esteem

22 (5)

21 (5)

0.03

21 (5)

20 (5)

0.95

21 (5)

21 (5)

0.97

22 (5)

22 (5)

22 (4)

0.13

Social support

64 (34)

59 (30)

0.08

58.5 (29)

60 (38)

0.63

59 (29)

58.5 (25)

0.65

63 (24)

64 (34)

59.5 (32)

0.50

Resiliencea

31.7 (8.7)

31 (9.2)

0.55

31.5 (8.1)

32.6 (11.4)

0.70

26 (10)

32.4 (8.4)

0.09

29.3 (9.6)

31.2 (9)

29.7 (9.7)

0.18

  1. aMean (SD) was computed, and the p value was computed using t-test