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Table 1 Demographic, socioeconomic, psychosocial, and oral health variables of the sample at baseline and follow-up

From: Sense of coherence moderates the relationship between social capital and oral health‑related quality of life in schoolchildren: a 10-year cohort study

Variables

Baseline (T1)

2010 (n = 639)

Follow-up (T2)

2020 (n = 429)

p value

Demographic and socioeconomic variables

   

Sex [n (%)]

  

0.227

 Boys

322 (49.0)

209 (49.8)

 Girls

317 (51.0)

220 (50.2)

Age [mean (SE)]

2.8 (0.1)

12.5 (0.1)

0.101

Skin color

  

0.158

 White

501 (80.5)

215 (48.5)

 No-white

137 (19.5)

211 (51.5)

Household income in BMW [n (%)]

  

0.109

 ≤ 1BMW

129 (19.0)

110 (29.2)

 > 1BMW

473 (81.0)

264 (70.8)

Maternal education [n (%)]

  

0.669

 ≥ 8 years

357 (54.3)

285 (69.6)

 < 8 years

275 (45.7)

110 (30.4)

Psychosocial variables

   

Social capital [n (%)]

  

0.472

 High

479 (75.6)

315 (73.5)

 Low

154 (24.4)

110 (26.5)

Sense of coherence [n (%)]

  

 Low

35 (7.9)

 Middle

 

145 (32.6)

 High

 

249 (59.5)

Oral health variables

   

Untreated dental caries [n (%)]

  

0.773

 Absent

408 (61.6)

300 (69.4)

 Present

231 (38.4)

128 (30.6)

CPQ11-14 [mean (SE)]

11.2 (0.6)

  1. BMW, Brazilian minimum wage; SE, standard deviation; CPQ, child perception questionnaire
  2. *Taking into account the sampling weight; Values lower than 639 or 429 are due to missing data
  3. Comparison between followed and dropouts’ individuals