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Table 3 Construct validity: rank correlation between total scale and subscales with malocclusion and caregivers’ educational background

From: Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of a Brazilian version of an instrument to assess impairments related to oral functioning of people with Down syndrome

Variable

Malocclusion a

Caregivers’ schooling background b

 

r

P-value*

r

P-value*

Total scale

0.22

0.04

−0.16

0.05

Subscales

  

 Eating

0.12

0.27

0.01

0.86

 Communication

0.05

0.68

−0.19

0.02

 Parafunction

0.13

0.24

0.03

0.70

 Symptoms

0.27

0.01

−0.24

<0.01

  1. a n=82 / b n=151.
  2. **Spearman’s correlation coefficient, significance level of 0.05.
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