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Table 1 Distribution of participants’ demographic characteristics and oral health problems; OIDP score and OIDP prevalence (OIDP score > 0) with differences in distribution and mean ranks

From: Association of siblings’ presence and oral health-related quality of life among children: a cross-sectional study

 

n (%)

OIDP score, mean (SD)

OIDP prevalence, % (95%CI)

Total

2158

1.76 (2.11)

60.0 (57.9, 62.0)

Gender

   

 Male

1079 (50.0%)

1.73 (2.15)

57.5 (54.5, 60.4)

 Female

1079 (50.0%)

1.79 (2.08) NS

62.5 (59.5, 65.3) *

Single-child

   

 Yes

1575 (73.0%)

1.66 (2.10)

56.9 (54.4, 59.3)

 No

583 (27.0%)

2.03 (2.13) ***

68.3 (64.4, 71.9) ***

Residence

   

 Urban

1643 (76.1%)

1.66 (2.11)

56.8 (54.4, 59.2)

 Rural

515 (23.9%)

2.07 (2.08) ***

70.1 (66.0, 73.9) ***

Maternal education

   

  ≤ Junior middle school

513 (23.8%)

2.11 (2.22)

69.2 (65.1, 73.0)

 High school

589 (27.3%)

1.70 (1.97)

61.1 (57.1, 65.0)

 College school

413 (19.1%)

1.66 (2.21)

54.5 (49.6, 59.2)

 University or above

643 (29.8%)

1.54 (2.06) ***

55.1 (51.2, 58.9) ***

Active caries

   

 Absent

1811 (83.9%)

1.73 (2.12)

58.4 (56.1, 60.7)

 Present

347 (16.1%)

1.93 (2.06) **

68.0 (62.9, 72.7) ***

Gingival bleeding

   

 Absent

1870 (86.7%)

1.78 (2.14)

59.9 (57.7, 62.1)

 Present

288 (13.3%)

1.66 (1.97) NS

60.4 (54.7, 65.9) NS

Calculus

   

 Absent

1202 (55.7%)

1.78 (2.13)

60.6 (57.8, 63.3)

 Present

956 (44.3%)

1.73 (2.10) NS

59.2 (56.1, 62.3) NS

  1. NS: Non-significance, *<0.05, **<0.01, ***<0.001