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Table 4 Dmft index in different study groups

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

Study groups

Dmft

Median (IQR)

p-valuea

ECC

  

Carious

5.0 (4.0–6.8)b

 < 0.001a

Non-carious

0.5 (0–1.0)b

Anemia

  

Anemic

2.5 (1.0–6.75)b

0.134a

Non-anemic

2.5 (0.0–4.0)b

Cases (with ECC)

Mean ± SD

t-test (p-valuec)

Dmft score for the children with and without anemia in children with caries

Group I (children with ECC and Anemia)

6.20 ± 1.73

4.257(0.000)c

Group II (children with ECC without Anemia)

4.35 ± 0.88

  1. aMann-Whitney
  2. bMedian (inter quartile range); Dmft (decayed, missing and filled tooth), SD (standard deviation)
  3. ct-test