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Table 1 General characteristics of studied population

From: Prioritization of predisposing factors of gingival hyperplasia during orthodontic treatment: the role of amount of biofilm

  Characteristics %
Sex Boys 35.2
Girls 64.8
Age groups 9–13 years 7.3
13–19 years 49.2
20 years and more 43.5
Ethnicity Caucasian 53.9
From Maghreb 32.6
From Africa 12.4
From Asia 1.0
General health problems None 86.5
Related to oral sphere 6.2
Not related to oral sphere 7.3