Research Article
Knowledge of Future Dental Practitioners towards Oral Cancer: Exploratory Findings from a Public University in Malaysia
Table 1
Age and sex distribution of dental student respondents.
| Number of students approached | Student participants (%) | Male | Female |
| Total | 162 | 114 (70.3) | 26 (22.8%) | 88 (77.2%) | Fifth year | 52 | 37 (32.5) | 12 (10.5%) | 25 (21.9%) | Fourth year | 40 | 32 (28.1) | 6 (5.2%) | 26 (22.8%) | Third year | 70 | 45 (39.5) | 8 (7%) | 37 (32.4%) |
| Participants age | Mean | Standard deviation | Median | IQR | Wilcoxon rank-sum test |
| ā | 24.36 | 7.127 | 24 | 1 | |
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IQR: interquartile range.
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