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Table 3 Descriptive and comparative analysis per individual characteristics, factors related to the disease, socio-economic factors, oral conditions, and negative impact in OHRQoL between teens with SCD and control group

From: Caries prevalence and impact on oral health-related quality of life in children with sickle cell disease: cross-sectional study

 

Teens SCD N (%)

Teens control-group N (%)

Individual characteristics

Gender

 Male

30 (60.0)

106 (58.9)

 Female

20 (40.0)

74 (41.1)

Child living with biological parents***

 No

30 (73.0)

56 (38.9)

 Yes

11 (27.0)

88 (61.1)

Factors related to the disease

Religiosity

No

9 (18.0)

 

Sometimes

14 (28.0)

 

Frequently

27 (54.0)

 

Race

 White

6 (12.0)

 

 Black

19 (38.0)

 

 Mix

25 (50.0

 

Age of diagnostic SCD

 <7 months old

47 (94.0)

 

 7 months - 3 years

3 (6.0)

 

Socio-economic factors

Home overcrowding

 <2 people/room

25 (64.0)

90 (62.0)

 >2 people/room

14 (36.0)

55 (38.0)

Mother education***

 ≤8 years

22 (58.0)

132 (91.7)

 >8 years

16 (42.0)

12. (8.3)

Father education***

 ≤8 years

14 (61.0)

120 (83.3)

 >8 years

9 (39.0)

24 (16.7)

Own house

No

31 (76.0)

91 (85.9)

Yes

10 (24.0)

53 (14.1)

Own car

 No

40 (98.0)

128 (88.9)

 Yes

2 (1.0)

18 (11.1)

Family income U$/month (mean/SD)***

1463 (671)

628 (257)

Oral conditions

DMFT/dmft (mean/SD)*

1.5 (1.9)

2.1 (2.8)

Decayed (mean/SD)

1.0 (1.4)

1.0 (1.7)

Missing (mean/SD)

0.1 (0.6)

0.2 (0.7)

Filled (mean/SD)

0.4 (0.8)

0.8 (1.7)

Gingival bleeding***

 No

23 (46.0)

152 (84.4)

 Yes

27 (54.0)

28 (15.6)

  1. *p < .05; **p < .01; Chi-square test, Mann–Whitney test or Fisher's exact test