General anxiety, dental anxiety, digit sucking, caries and oral hygiene status of children resident in a semi-urban population in Nigeria

Table 3 Association between general anxiety subscales and caries status

Subscales	Caries status	Number	Mean ± sd	t	df	p value
Physiological anxiety	Present	76	3.4 ± 2.9	3.9	448	< 0.001
Physiological anxiety	Absent	374	2.2 ± 2.2	3.9	448	< 0.001
Worry/oversensitivity	Present	76	4.6 ± 4.1	4.5	448	< 0.001
Worry/oversensitivity	Absent	374	2.7 ± 3.1	4.5	448	< 0.001
Social concerns/concentration	Present	76	2.5 ± 2.4	3.6	448	< 0.001
Social concerns/concentration	Absent	374	1.6 ± 1.9	3.6	448	< 0.001
Lie	Present	76	4.6 ± 1.9	0.4	448	0.72
Lie	Absent	374	4.5 ± 1.8	0.4	448	0.72

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