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Table 1 Demographic, socio-economic, oral health and clinical characteristics of studied groups according to their asthmatic status

From: Association between untreated carious lesions and asthma in adults at Rabat University Hospital, Morocco: a cross sectional study

 

Asthma

p

Yes (N = 100)

No (N = 100)

Age (years), (mean ± SD)

36.4 ± 15.2

36.2 ± 15.1

0.94

Female gender, n (%)

76 (76)

76 (76)

>0.99

Education level, n (%)

  

0.24

 Non

31 (31)

20 (20)

 

 Primary

18 (18)

18 (18)

 

 Secondary

23 (23)

33 (33)

 

 University

28 (28)

29 (29)

 

Income, n(%)

  

0.13

 Low

39 (39)

28 (28)

 

 Medium

34 (34)

47 (47)

 

 High

27 (27)

25 (25)

 

Age at beginning tooth brushing (years), [median (IQR)]

12 (7–20)

10 (7–19)

0.54

Duration of brushing, (min), [median (IQR)]

2 (1–3)

2 (1–3)

0.41

Inappropriate brushing motion, n(%)

48 (48)

51 (51)

0.61

DMFT, (mean ± SD)

18.4 ± 8.1

13.8 ± 6.4

<0.001

DT, (mean ± SD)

8.8 ± 4.6

6.2 ± 4.3

<0.001

MT, [median (IQR)]

1 (0–3)

0 (0–1)

<0.001

Proximal DT, [median (IQR)]

4 (1–7)

1 (0–3)

<0.001

Number of WSL at cervical mergins, [median (IQR)]

0 (0–4)

0 (0–1)

<0.001

PI, [median (IQR)]

1.2 (0.8–2)

1.2 (0.5–1.7)

<0.001

GI, [median (IQR)]

1.6 (1–2.6)

1.3 (0.9–1.9)

0.07

  1. IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation; MT, number of missed teeth; DT, number of decayed untreated teeth; DMFT, number of decayed, missed and filled teeth; GI, gingival index; PI, plaque index; WSL, white spot lesions; min, minutes; Proximal DT, number of proximal decayed untreated teeth