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Table 4 Descriptive statistics and comparison of significant caries index between groups

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

 

Mean

SD

Minimum

Maximum

p-value

Private primary school

2.17b

1.22

1

5

0.001

Non-governmental orphanage

2.5b

1.79

2

6

Governmental orphanage

4.29a

2.97

2

14

  1. Significance level P < 0.05, *significant
  2. Mann-Whitny U-test with Tukey’s post hoc test means sharing the same superscript test is not significantly different.
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