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Table 2 Oral health parameters

From: Oral health conditions in children with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome: a cross-sectional study

 

iNS

Control

P value

Caries experience

n/N

%

n/N

%

0.070

39/47

83.0

45/47

95.7

 

mean SD

mean SD

 

Number of caries-affected primary and/or permanent teeth

4.6 ± 3.5

6.0 ± 4.1

0.126

primary and/or permanent decayed teeth

3.5 ± 3.2

2.4 ± 2.4

0.095

primary and/or permanent missing teeth

0.02 ± 0.1

0.2 ± 0.8

0.543

primary and/or permanent filled teeth

1.1 ± 1.6

3.5 ± 3.0

< 0.001***

DMFT

2.40 ± 3.04

4.21 ± 4.77

0.047*

DT

1.72 ± 2.71

1.47 ± 2.37

0.865

MT

0.02 ± 0.14

0.17 ± 0.81

0.851

FT

0.66 ± 0.65

2.57 ± 3.35

0.018*

dmft

2.19 ± 2.93

1.79 ± 2.35

0.561

dt

1.74 ± 2.25

0.89 ± 1.33

0.152

mt

0

0.02 ± 0.14

0.865

ft

0.45 ± 1.33

0.89 ± 1.43

0.136

 

n

%

n

%

 

Enamel hypoplasia frequency

15

31.9

2

4.3

< 0.001***

 

mean SD

mean SD

 

Number of teeth with enamel hypoplasia

0.80 ± 1.5

0.10 ± 0.3

< 0.001***

OHI-S

1.89 ± 1.59

1.05 ± 1.02

0.010**

 DI-S

1.80 ± 1.55

0.99 ± 0.92

0.011*

 CI-S

0.09 ± 0.31

0.06 ± 0.26

0.463

API (%)

54.0 ± 35.7

43.4 ± 27.6

0.108

GI

0.7 ± 1.0

0.3 ± 0.6

0.050

CFU Streptococcus mutans (SM)

  < 105

36

76.6

39

83.0

0.441

  ≥ 105

11

23.4

8

17.0

 CFU Lactobacilli spp. (LB)

 

  < 105

28

59.6

27

57.4

0.834

  ≥ 105

19

40.4

20

42.6

  1. Abbreviations: dmft Number of decayed, missing due to caries and filled primary teeth; DMFT Number of decayed, missing due caries and filled permanent teeth, OHI-S Simplified Oral Hygiene Index, DI Debris index, CI Calculus index, API Approximal plaque index, GI Gingival index, CFU Colony forming unit, iNS Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome
  2. *- significant difference at P < 0.05
  3. **- significant difference at P < 0.01
  4. *** - significant difference at P < 0.001