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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants

From: Validation and reliability of the translated Malay version of the psychosocial impact of dental aesthetics questionnaire for adolescents

Demographics

12-14 years (N)

15-17 years (N)

p-value

Gender

0.163

 Male

137

132

 

 Female

182

139

 

Venue

  

0.051

 Orthodontic clinics

40

50

 

 Schools

279

221

 

Ethnicity

0.156c

 Malay

248

190

 

 Chinese

46

50

 

 Indian

21

28

 

 Others

4

3

 

aSeverity of malocclusion (Self-rated)

0.693

 Lower quartile

81

66

 

 Middle quartile

163

133

 

 Upper quartile

75

72

 

bSeverity of malocclusion (Investigator-rated)

0.376

 Lower quartile

86

61

 

 Middle quartile

152

143

 

 Upper quartile

81

67

 
  1. aSelf-rated Malocclusion Index (MI-S); bInvestigator-rated Malocclusion Index (MI-D); cFisher exact-test, Otherwise Chi-square test