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Table 2 Number of individuals with at least one caries lesion registered, caries free individuals, and individuals with or without decayed and missing teeth (DMT) according to sex in the adult population, and findings from statistical analysis by comparison of men and women

From: Dental markers of biocultural sex differences in an early modern population from Gothenburg, Sweden: caries and other oral pathologies

 

Male

Female

Unknown

p value

Caries registered

73

64

3

0.52

No caries registered

46

17

2

 

DMT > 0*

85

68

3

0.041**

DMT = 0

34

13

2

 
  1. * Individuals with carious teeth and/or teeth lost ante mortem
  2. ** Significant difference