Oral neglect as a marker of broader neglect: a cross-sectional investigation of orodental consultation letter of leukemic admitted patients in Iran

Table 3 Frequency distribution of consultation request rate according to underlying disease type and age of patients

Variable	Consoling request rate	Frequency	p^a
Underlying disease type
ALL	10 (83%)	180 (60%)
AML	1 (8.3%)	70 (23.3%)	0.065
CLL	0 (0%)	26 (8.7%)
CML	0 (0%)	20 (6.7%)
Others	1 (8.3%)	4 (1.3%)
Total	12 (100%)	300 (100%)
Patients, age
≤ 9	11 (91.6%)	126 (42%)	0.002*
10–29	0 (0%)	72 (24%)
≥ 30	1 (8.4%)	102 (34%)
Total	12 (100%)	300 (100%)

ALL acute lymphocytic leukemia, AML acute myeloid leukemia, CLL chronic lymphocytic leukemia, CML chronic myeloid leukemia
^aDifferences between patients with and without consultation request according to type of underlying disease and patients, age were evaluated using the χ² test. The level of statistical significance was set at P < 0.05

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