Assessment of the Relationship between Oral Health Behavior, Oral Hygiene, and Gingival Status of Adolescent Tobacco Consumers in Ranchi, Jharkhand: A Comparative Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of study population.

Variables	Categories	Tobacco consumers	Non-tobacco consumers	value
Mean age		16.59 ± 1.75	16.60 ± 1.70	0.951
Gender	Male	225 (56.25%)	240 (60.00%)	0.315
	Female	175 (43.75%)	160 (40.00%)
Socioeconomic status	Lower class	170 (42.5%)	154 (38.5%)	0.514
	Middle class	150 (37.5%)	161 (40.25%)
	Upper class	80 (20.00%)	85 (21.25%)
Residence	Urban	185 (46.25%)	167 (41.75%)	0.199
	Rural	215 (53.75%)	233 (58.25%)

value ≤0.05: statistically significant difference.