Table 1 Background characteristics of the participants and descriptive statistics of outcome variables stratified by gender
Variables n (%) | Male n (%) | Female n (%) | Total n (%) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Education | Basic | 554 (64.3) | 438 (43.5) | 992 (53.1) | <0.001 |
High | 307 (35.7) | 570 (56.5) | 877 (46.9) | ||
Marital status | Married/cohabiting | 694 (80.2) | 779 (76.8) | 1473 (78.4) | 0.07 |
Single | 171 (19.8) | 235 (23.2) | 406 (21.6) | ||
Restorative treatment need | No | 482 (53.4) | 688 (66.1) | 1170 (60.2) | <0.001 |
Yes | 421 (46.6) | 353 (33.9) | 774 (39.8) | ||
Number of decayed tooth, mean (SD) | 1.2 (2.0) | 0.8 (1.7) | 1.0 (1.9) | <0.001 | |
DMFT, mean (SD) | 15.3 (5.4) | 14.6 (4.9) | 14.9 (5.1) | 0.006 | |
BEWE sum score, mean (SD) | 3.8 (3.5) | 3.1 (3.1) | 3.5 (3.3) | <0.001 | |
Total | 903 (46.5) | 1041 (53.5) | 1944 (100) |