From: Impact of dental health on children’s oral health-related quality of life: a cross-sectional study
Variable | DT/dt | MT/mt | FT/ft | DMFT/dmft | DMFS/dmfs | No. of sealed teeth | No. of non-cavitated teeth | RI | Plaque index | PUFA score |
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Gender | ||||||||||
Male | 2.0 (2.2) | 0.4 (1.0) | 0.7 (1.2) | 3.1 (2.8) | 6.4 (8.0)a | 1.9 (2.5) | 2.3 (2.2) | 0.2 (0.3) | 0.9 (0.4) | 0.4 (0.9) |
Female | 1.9 (2.3) | 0.2 (0.6) | 0.6 (1.2) | 2.7 (2.6) | 4.9 (5.8)b | 1.7 (2.6) | 2.4 (2.3) | 0.2 (0.3) | 0.9 (0.4) | 0.3 (0.7) |
Mother’s education | ||||||||||
High school or less | 2.9 (2.8)a | 0.3 (0.9) | 0.6 (.9)a | 3.8 (3.1)a | 7.6 (7.9)a | 1.5 (2.4) | 3.0 (2.4)a | 0.2 (0.3)a | 1.0 (0.4) | 0.5 (1.2) |
More than high school | 1.7 (2.0)b | 0.3 (0.8) | 0.6 (.9)a | 2.5 (2.6)b | 5.3 (6.8)b | 1.9 (2.6) | 2.3 (2.1)b | 0.2 (0.3)a | 0.9 (0.4) | 0.3 (0.8) |
College | 1.7 (2.0)b | 0.3 (0.9) | 0.7 (1.2)a | 2.7 (2.6)a | 5.0 (6.5)b | 1.8 (2.6) | 2.1 (2.1)b | 0.2 (0.4)a | 0.9 (0.4) | 0.3 (0.7) |
Post-college | 1.0 (1.3)b | 0.1 (0.4) | 2.1 (2.4)b | 3.3 (3.4)a,b | 4.9 (5.1)b | 1.7 (1.9) | 0.7 (1.1)b | 0.5 (0.4)b | 0.8 (0.3) | 0.2 (0.5) |
Number of children in the family | ||||||||||
Only child | 2.7 (3.1)b | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 (3.1)a | 3.7 (4.7) | 0.0 | 1.3 (0.6) | 0.2 (0.3) | 0.8 (1.0)a | |
2–4 | 1.6 (2.1)a | 0.3 (0.8) | 0. 7 (1.2) | 2.5 (2.6)a | 4.8 (6.4) | 1.9 (2.7) | 2.4 (2.2) | 0.2 (0.4) | 0.8 (0.4)a | 0.3 (0.7) |
More than 4 | 2.7 (2.4)b | 0.3 (0.9) | 0.6 (1.1) | 3.2 (2.8)b | 6.6 (7.5) | 1.6 (2.4) | 2.4 (2.2) | 0.2 (0.3) | 1.0 (0.4)b | 0.4 (1.0) |
Mother age | ||||||||||
Under 40 | 2.0 (2.2) | 0.3 (0.8) | 0.6 (1.1) | 2.9 (2.7) | 5.5 (6.55) | 1.7 (2.3) | 2.5 (2.2) | 0.2 (0.3) | 0.9 (0.3) | 0.3 (0.8) |
40 and over | 1.9 (2.2) | 0.3 (0.9) | 0.7 (1.2) | 2.9 (2.8) | 5.8 (7.41) | 1.9 (2.8) | 2.2 (2.2) | 0.2 (0.4) | 0.9 (0.4) | 0.3 (0.9) |