Table 3 Depicts association of demographic data with PUFA scores among caries active individuals
Characteristics | PUFA INDEX | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Caries active (pufa score = 1) | Caries active (pufa score = 2–5) | ||||
ROW N % | ROW N % | ||||
Gender | Female | 7.0% | 7.0% | 0.006 | |
Male | 19.0% | 3.0% | |||
Diet | Non veg | 11.8% | 6.1% | 0.326 | |
Vegetarian | 7.7% | 0.0% | |||
Location | Other | 22.1% | 7.4% | .001 | |
Urban | 5.7% | 4.5% | |||
Age group | 18- 25y | 9.5% | 3.2% | .028 | |
26-35y | 19.1% | 10.6% | |||
36- 40 y | 11.4% | 11.4% | |||