Oral Health, Caries Risk Profiles, and Oral Microbiome of Pediatric Patients with Leukemia Submitted to Chemotherapy

Table 2

Sociodemographic characteristics of the investigated subjects.

Variables	Characteristics	HC ()	ALL ()	value
Age (years)				0.950^#
Dentition stage	Primary	17	18	0.858
	Mixed	16	15
	Permanent	6	6
Gender	Male	23	23	1.000
	Female	16	16
Socioeconomic class	More than 2000¥ per month	10	8	0.646
	1000~2000¥ per month	18	19
	Less than 1000¥ per month	11	12

ALL: patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia; HC: healthy controls. ^#Unpaired test was used. Independent sample nonparametric Mann-Whitney test was used.