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Table 1 Percentage distributions (n) of participants by socio-demographic and clinical characteristics and study site

From: Discriminative ability of the generic and condition-specific Child-Oral Impacts on Daily Performances (Child-OIDP) by the Limpopo-Arusha School Health (LASH) Project: A cross-sectional study

 

Arusha % (n)

Dar es Salaam % (n)

Sex

  

Male

46.6 (502)

39.5 (632)

Female

53.4 (575)

60.5 (969)**

Age

  

Younger (12-13 yr)

12.3 (132)

69.6 (1115)

Older (≥ 14 yr)

87.7 (945)

30.4 (486)**

Religious affiliation

  

Christian

84.7 (877)

44.4 (711)

Other

15.3 (148)

55.6 (890)**

Residence

  

Urban

40.7 (438)

70.5 (1129)

Rural

59.3 (639)

29.5 (472)**

Oral hygiene status

  

Good (OHI-S ≤ 1)

55.2 (594)

54.7 (876)

Poor (OHI-S > 1)

44.8 (483)

45.3 (725)

Caries experience

  

DMFT = 0

56.5 (609)

78.0 (1249)

DMFT > 0

43.5 (468)

22.0 (352)

Generic Child-OIDP

  

No impact (OIDP = 0)

49.3 (509)

71.4 (1143)

Impact (OIDP > 0)

50.7 (524)

28.6 (458)**

  1. ** P < 0.001