The association of endodontic prognostic factors with the presence of periapical lesion, its volume, and bone characteristics in endodontically treated molars: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 The association between PL status and two dependent variables

PL status	Sample size (n)	Cortical bone destruction status (n)		P	Mean buccal plate bone height (mm)	P
Present	139	Yes	64	0.407	8.60	< 0.001*
Present	139	No	75		8.76
Absent	143	Yes	73		10.06
Absent	143	No	70		10.33

PL: periapical lesion, *: statistically significant level. Chi-square and independent samples T-test were employed to reveal the association between the PL prevalence and cortical bone destruction, and between the PL prevalence and mean buccal plate bone height, respectively

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