Table 4 Age distribution among study categories
Categories | Age distribution | P value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0–5 years | 6–10 years | 11–15 years | 16–18 years | ||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
Allergies and immunologic disease | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6380 |
Bone pathology | 5 | 5.0 | 29 | 28.7 | 42 | 41.6 | 25 | 24.8 | 0.3838 |
Dermatologic diseases, immunologic | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0.8012 |
Developmental, non-odontogenic cyst | 2 | 18.2 | 3 | 27.3 | 5 | 45.5 | 1 | 9.1 | 0.3004 |
Epithelial pathology | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 62.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 37.5 | 0.0431 |
Odontogenic cysts | 4 | 1.3 | 79 | 25.8 | 113 | 36.9 | 110 | 35.9 | 1.24E−05 |
Benign odontogenic tumor | 5 | 5.2 | 7 | 7.2 | 45 | 46.4 | 40 | 41.2 | 0.0001 |
Periodontal diseases | 2 | 9.1 | 6 | 27.3 | 9 | 40.9 | 5 | 22.7 | 0.8884 |
Periapical diseases | 4 | 8.5 | 7 | 14.9 | 19 | 40.4 | 17 | 36.2 | 0.4075 |
Salivary gland pathology | 8 | 11.3 | 31 | 43.7 | 12 | 16.9 | 20 | 28.2 | 0.0001 |
Soft tissue tumors | 51 | 11.5 | 113 | 25.6 | 165 | 37.3 | 113 | 25.6 | 3.48E−05 |