Child, neglect and oral health

BMC Pediatrics

Table 4 Associations between continuous variables relationship a number of decayed teeth, caries index, child’s oral health status according to the caregiver and number of children

ASSOCIATIONS	r_s	p
Number of decayed teeth X Number of children	0.503	0.005
Number of decayed teeth X Child’s oral health status according to the caregiver	−0.670	>0.001
Number of teeth with extraction indication X Number of children	0.404	0.027
Number of teeth with extraction indication X Child’s oral health status according to the caregiver	−0.478	0.009
Caries index X Number of children	0.536	0.002
Caries index X Child’s oral health status according to the caregiver	−0.657	>0.001

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