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

Table 5

Correlation between plaque score, gingival score, and HU-DBI score.

Variables	Correlation coefficients	value
Plaque scores-HU-DBI scores	−0.503	<0.001
Gingival score-HU-DBI score	−0.559	<0.001
Plaque score-gingival score	0.389	<0.001

value ≤0.05: statistically significant difference.