Sociodemographic Determinants for Oral Health Risk Profiles

Table 1

Cross-tabulation for different sociodemographic variables and the three caries risk levels (Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis for 2 or more independent groups, resp.).

	Low risk	Moderate risk	High risk	P-value
Age				NS
<12 years (𝑛 = 6)	33,3%	66,7%	0%
Young (𝑛 = 19)	47,4%	26,3%	26,3%
Adults (𝑛 = 54)	46,3%	46,3%	7,4%
60+ (𝑛 = 20)	45%	50%	5%
Gender				NS
Male (𝑛 = 42)	40,5%	52,4%	7,1%
Female (𝑛 = 57)	49,1%	38,6%	12,3%
SES				<,0001
Worker (𝑛 = 21)	23,8%	61,9%	14,3%
Employee (𝑛 = 30)	66,7%	26,7%	6,7%
Managerial (𝑛 = 11)	81,8%	18,2%	0%
Self-employed (𝑛 = 7)	14,3%	57,1%	28,6%
Others (𝑛 = 2)	0%	0%	100%
Increased allowance				0,02
No (𝑛 = 80)	52,5%	40%	7,5%
Yes (𝑛 = 12)	25%	41,7%	33,3%
MAF Family (Maximum Bill)				<,01
No (𝑛 = 82)	52,4%	40,2%	7,3%
Yes (𝑛 = 10)	20%	40%	40%