Associations of early childhood caries with salivary beta defensin-3 and childhood anemia: a case–control study

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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of sex, age and Hb

Characteristics	n = 80 (%)	Anemic: non-anemic (ratio)	ECC: non-ECC (ratio)	Cases (with ECC) n = 40 (%)	Controls (without ECC) n = 40 (%)
Sex
Female	47 (58.7)	22:25	18:29	29 (72.5%)	18 (45%)
Male	33 (41.25)	18:15	22:11	11 (27.5%)	22(55%)
Age (months)^a	65.0 ± 4.4
Hb level^a (g/dl)	11.6 ± 1.6

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