Assessment of dental caries among a group of institutionalized orphan children compared to parented school children: case–control study

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study population

Variables	Primary Private school (Control group)	Non-Governmental orphanage (Study Group)	Governmental orphanage (Study Group)	p-value*
Variables	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)
Gender
Male	26 (50)	23 (44.20)	24 (46.10)	0.83
Female	26 (50)	29 (55.70)	28 (53.30)	0.83
Total	52 (100)	52 (100)	52 (100)	––
Age
6—< 9	22 (42.3)	27 (51.9)	23 (44.2)	0.85
9 -12	30 (57.6)	25 (48.1)	29 (55.7)	0.85
Total	52 (100)	52 (100)	52 (100)	––-

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