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 approachedStudent participants (%)MaleFemale

Total162114 (70.3)26 (22.8%)88 (77.2%)
Fifth year5237 (32.5)12 (10.5%)25 (21.9%)
Fourth year4032 (28.1)6 (5.2%)26 (22.8%)
Third year7045 (39.5)8 (7%)37 (32.4%)

Participants ageMeanStandard deviationMedianIQRWilcoxon rank-sum test

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IQR: interquartile range.