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Table 1 Description of independent variables for children in preventive programme and children who were lost due to dropout

From: Developmental defects of enamel in primary teeth - findings of a regional German birth cohort study

Variables

All children (n = 512)

Children in preventive programme (n = 377)

Children who dropped out (n = 135)

p-value

 

%

n

%

n

%

n

 

Gender male

52.0

270

52.3

197

54.1

73

0.763

Migration background

6.3

32

6.1

23

6.7

9

0.837

Low socioeconomic status

13.2

68

9.3

35

24.4

33

0.001

Diseases during pregnancy

31.6

162

34.2

129

32.5

44

0.752

Caesarean type of delivery

24.6

126

27.1

102

25.3

34

0.822

Preterm birth/low birth weight

4.3

22

4.2

16

4.4

6

1.000

  1. p < 0.05, statistically significant